Heal the Bay’s 40th Anniversary Ferris wheel lighting at the Santa Monica Pier

Published on September 11, 2025

The Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel will be lit blue on Thursday, September 11 in recognition of Heal the Bay’s 40th.

Heal the Bay is celebrating their 40th anniversary with a fundraising gala at the Johnathan Club.

In Partnership with Heal the Bay’s Aquarium under the Santa Monica Pier, Pacific Park will light the Ferris wheel blue and feature animations of sea creatures.

This special lighting event will take place on the evening of Thursday, September 11. The Ferris wheel lights can be seen from dusk until 11:35 PM each evening. Enjoy watching the light program online at www.pacpark.com/live.

WHAT:
Special Lighting of the Pacific Wheel for Heal the Bay’s 40th

WHEN:
Thursday, September 11
dusk (around 7 PM) to midnight

WHERE:
Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier

 

See the lights from home at www.pacpark.com/live.

Pacific Park regularly programs the Ferris wheel to display seasonal programing and themed light designs for holidays and special occasions. The Pacific Wheel’s state-of-the-art lighting package was installed in 2016 and can display over 1.6 million different colors and animate patterns and icons in 24 frames per second. The energy efficient LEDs on the face of the Ferris wheel are powered by solar arrays inside Pacific Park. The light programs are curated and designed by Pacific Park staff. Each design is manually animated; some designs can take hours of programming. The aim is to provide fun, high-energy, and sometimes whimsical designs to entertain guests on the Santa Monica Pier and surrounding beaches.

 

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Feature image courtesy of @pacpark