Take the whale trip in July and August if you want to see blue whales. We've consistently seen good-sized groups of them each day. I saw 12 blue whales on a trip last week!
Go the the Long Beach aquarium, but leave the stroller in the car. Plenty of room for little dudes to run and allows pops an extra hand to have a cold one. Yup, brews at the aquarium.
I checked in and got a free viewing of Turtle Vision 4D! Then I got another ticket for my cousin because the nice guy at the kiosk uses Foursquare too! :D