The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) is proud to host a special screening of Sequoias of the Sea on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. This powerful new documentary dives into the urgent environmental crisis of disappearing kelp forests along the Northern California coast and the local communities fighting for their survival.
With visually stunning cinematography and heartfelt storytelling, Sequoias of the Sea documents the ecological, cultural, and economic upheaval in a coastal town where the once-thriving kelp forest has vanished. The film explores the far-reaching impacts on fishermen, Indigenous communities, and scientists as they unite to restore this critical underwater habitat in the face of climate change.