Ocean Week 2026

Ocean Week Victoria is a collaboration among local community organizations to help people learn and care about our big blue backyard. Ocean Week events include educational and recreational activities that explore and interact with the ocean.

https://www.oceanweekvictoria.ca/

Updated May 21, 2026
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We are water protectors
Lindstrom, Carole
Paper Book
From author Carole Lindstrom and illustrator Michaela Goade comes a New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Medal winning picture book that honors Indigenous-led movements across the world. Powerfully written and gorgeously illustrated, We Are Water Protectors,...
The aquanaut
Heinerth, Jill
Paper Book
When I was young, the world seemed too dangerous. Everything was too hard. I was too young. Places were too far away. But that was okay because I had a big imagination. Through beautiful, spare text, Jill Heinerth tells her story about a girl who feels too young, too little and too far away from her...
Braiding sweetgrass
Kimmerer, Robin Wall.
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller A Washington Post Bestseller Named a "Best Essay Collection of the Decade" by Literary Hub As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member...
The sea book
Milner, Charlotte
Paper Book
The deep blue
Guillain, Charlotte
Ebook
Ocean : a history of the Atlantic before Columbus
Haywood, John
Paper Book
A magisterial cultural history of the Atlantic Ocean before Columbus, ranging from the early shaping of the continents and the emergence of homo sapiens to the story of shipbuilding, navigation, maritime exploration, slavery, and nascent European imperialism. A...
Ocean: Earth's Last Wilderness
Attenborough, David
Paper Book
Award-winning broadcaster and natural historian David Attenborough and longtime collaborator Colin Butfield present a powerful call to action focused on our planet's oceans, exploring how critical this habitat is for the survival of humanity and the earth's future. ...
Ocean
MacQuitty, Miranda
Paper Book
Dive in and discover the watery world covering most of our earth and the amazing wildlife in its depths in Eyewitness: Oceans. Through images, maps and informative text learn about life on the shore to the darkest depths of the ocean floor, including predators and prey, gas and oil...
The book of eels : our enduring fascination with the most mysterious creature in the natural world
Svensson, Patrik
Audiobook
Part H Is for Hawk, part The Soul of an Octopus, The Book of Eels is both a meditation on the world's most elusive fish--the eel--and a reflection on the human condition. Remarkably little is known about the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. So little, in fact, that...
Life after whale : the amazing ecosystem of a whale fall
Brunelle, Lynn
Paper Book
Winner of the Robert F. Sibert Medal Follow a blue whale's enormous body to the bottom of the ocean, where it sets the stage for a bustling new ecosystem to flourish. All living things must one day die, and Earth's largest creature, the majestic blue whale, is no...
If you take away the otter
Buhrman-Deever, Susannah
Paper Book
When the sea otters disappear, why does their kelp forest habitat disappear, too? On the Pacific Coast of North America, sea otters play, dive, and hunt for sea urchins, crabs, abalone, and fish in the lush kelp forests beneath the waves. But there was a time when people hunted...
The ocean calls : a haenyeo mermaid story
Cho, Tina M.
Paper Book
A breathtaking picture book featuring a Korean girl and her haenyeo (free diving) grandmother about intergenerational bonds, finding courage in the face of fear, and connecting with our natural world. Dayeon wants to be a haenyeo just like Grandma. The haenyeo dive off the coast...
A Narwhal and Jelly book. unicorn of the sea / 1, Narwhal
Clanton, Ben
Paper Book
"The most lovable duo since Frog and Toad." --Dav Pilkey, bestselling creator of Dog Man and Captain Underpants The funny and adorable New York Times bestselling kids graphic novel series starring happy-go-lucky, waffle-loving Narwhal and somewhat cynical...
Over and under the waves
Messner, Kate
Ebook
Explore the wonders and beauties of the ocean's kelp forests in this latest addition to the acclaimed Over and Under series.   Award-winning duo Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal return in this latest addition to the Over and Under picture book series, this time...
The fisherman & the whale
Lanan, Jessica
Paper Book
Jessica Lanan's dreamy and dramatic watercolor paintings bring to life a wordless story about wonder in the natural world. A fisherman takes his son for a trip out on the water. When they encounter a whale entangled at sea, they realize a connection that transcends the animal...
Octopus ocean : geniuses of the deep
Leiren-Young, Mark
Paper Book
★"Vivid and fascinating...Budding scientists and animal lovers will keep this stellar title in full-circulation as they learn the mysteries and history of octopuses."--School Library Journal, starred review With their blue blood, big brains and eight arms, octopuses are dramatically...
Yoshi and the ocean : a sea turtle's incredible journey home
Moore, Lindsay
Paper Book
Lindsay Moore chronicles the remarkable true story of Yoshi, a loggerhead sea turtle who traveled an astounding 25,000 miles after being released from the aquarium that rehabilitated her. Informational and awe-inspiring, Yoshi and the Ocean is a gorgeous picture book about patience,...
Weird but true! : ocean :300 fin-tastic facts from the deep blue sea
Paper Book
Dive into these fishy facts- Did you know that the prehistoric shark, megalodon, had jaws so big that it could swallow a car? Or that goats, pigs, dogs, cats, and even an alpaca have all learned how to surf? And if that's not weird enough for ya, one man even rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean for...
The strangest thing in the sea : and other curious creatures of the deep
Poliquin, Rachel
Paper Book
A feathery tutu dancing through the water? A tiptoeing rock wearing a wig? A mountain of skulls on the ocean floor? Not everything is quite as it seems in this fascinating exploration of 12 bizarre and little-known sea animals. The question-and-answer approach and gatefolds in this innovative and...
Glow : the wild wonders of bioluminescence
Smith, Jennifer N. R.
Paper Book
The astonishing phenomenon of bioluminescence is brought to life in vivid detail by medical illustrator Jennifer N. R. Smith. The natural world is an infinite source of wonder and the phenomenon of bioluminescence is no exception. Glow explores the remarkable way...

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