The OFF THE HOOK Seafood Festival returns to the iconic Santa Monica Pier on Sunday, October 13 from 3 -7:00 pm showcasing the city's best restaurants and chefs and their favorite underwater ingredients. Benefiting Heal the Bay, attendees will enjoy incredible seafood tastings such as oysters, lobster, shrimp, and sushi along with beer and wine gardens, live music from popular Yacht Rock band The Windbreakers, games, oyster shucking competition, artisan vendors, and a Sustainable Seafood VIP Lounge, sponsored by Santa Monica Seafood. Best of all, OFF THE HOOK is 100% free of single-use plastics helping keep our Santa Monica Bay and beaches clean.

Attendees can enjoy?tastings from Westside?favorites such as? Chef Govind Armstrong of The Lobster, Raphael Lunetta’s Marelle, Chef Job Carder of Michael’s Santa Monica, Chef Brian Bornemann of Crudo e Nudo, Santa Monica Seafood, Blue Plate Oysterette, Sushi Roku, Gladstones, Tiato, BOA, Blue Ribbon Sushi, Killer Shrimp, The Albright, Layla, Ocean Prime Beverly Hills, The Surfing Fox, Santa Monica Whaler, and more. 

Don't miss the crowd favorite Oyster Shucking Competition, sponsored by The Albright, where competitors battle it out for "Best in Shuck" award for who can shuck the most oysters in two minutes. 

General Admission Tickets start at $85.00 and include all-you-can-eat seafood tastings (4-7 p.m.), access to the beer and wine garden, spirits tastings, live music, games, and more. VIP Tickets start at $160.00 and include one-hour early entry at 3 p.m. and access to the Santa Monica Seafood Sustainable Seafood VIP Lounge with curated cocktails, premier seating, and specialty seafood dishes from five additional top-tiered restaurants, as well as a free voucher to Pacific Park to ride the rides and iconic Ferris Wheel. 

Throw on your ascots and sailor hats… Yacht rock attire is highly encouraged! 

OFF THE HOOK is proudly sponsored by Santa Monica Seafood, Pacific Park, Cirque du Soleil - KOOZA, Harken Chardonnay, Santa Monica Travel & Tourism, Santa Monica Subaru, Suntory-All Free, Juggernaut Wines, Dulce Vida Tequila, The Lobster, The Albright, The Office of Sustainability and the Environment, Vita Coco, and Crazy Vodka. 

Community Partners include Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, Buy Local, Santa Monica Daily Press, Westside Current, Yelp, Venice Paparazzi, and Food and Beverage Magazine. 

A portion of the proceeds will benefit Heal the Bay to help preserve our local ocean, waves, and beaches for future generations. 

For more info and tickets visit www.offthehookseafoodfest.com or Eventbrite.

ABOUT HEAL THE BAY:  

Heal the Bay is the leading ocean protection group in greater Los Angeles. The grassroots nonprofit uses science, advocacy and community action to keep Santa Monica Bay and the surrounding watershed healthy, safe, and clean. In 2011 it helped establish several Marine Protected Areas off the Southern California coast – no-extraction zones that allow threatened fish species and marine mammal populations to recover and thrive. To learn more about its monthly beach cleanups and other volunteer opportunities, please visit https://healthebay.org/.