World Oceans Day has lots to celebrate

Celebrate World Oceans Day at two events that help raise awareness of the oceans: • Learn how to draw an orca with internationally renowned marine wildlife artist Robert Wyland to support World Oceans Day and a plastic-free sea on Friday.

The mural artist will host a free NatureSketch event, in partnership with the Robert Bateman Centre, demonstrating his technique on a giant canvas.

Wyland will share his passion of promoting, protecting and preserving the world’s oceans, waterways and marine life for future generations.

The original mural will be auctioned off to the highest bidder in an online auction, with proceeds supporting the Robert Bateman Foundation and its Nature Sketch program. The event is free to attend. It runs from 5 to 7 p.m. outside the Robert Bateman Centre at the Steamship Terminal in the Inner Harbour.

For more information, go to batemancentre.org. • Fisherman’s Wharf celebrates World Oceans Day with a day filled with fun activities, including two live dives, Sunday on the docks at Dallas Road.

The celebrations are meant to raise awareness of the oceans and the event is a day of educating people on the diversity of local marine life, showing how making small changes in our everyday lives can add up to make a big difference to the planet.

There will be a First Nations blessing and dance performance and ocean-themed face painting.

At the two live dives, visitors can watch real-time conditions in and around the sea floor of Fisherman’s Wharf through a live broadcast to the docks above.

The event is free to attend, but donations to the Sea Bin project for Fisherman’s Wharf are welcome.

The event runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Fisherman’s Wharf, 1 Dallas Rd.