What to do outside of the Course:

• Have a swim at nearby "Stoney Beach"
• Enjoy a cup of coffee and a pastry at “Pie in the Sky” with fellow students on a lazy Sunday morning.
• Take a walk and enjoy the setting sun (a rare place on the East Coast where you can see it set over the water!)
• Attend the stimulating Friday Evening Lectures as well as many other seminars that take place in the summer at the Marine Biological Laboratory. The Physiology Course hosts a cocktail party before the Friday night lecture.
• Enjoy a barbeque at Clare's and Dyche's house.
• Swim with luminescent dinoflagellates in the evening!
• Browse through the MBL Library, a treasure of modern and classical books and journals.
• Cast a line off the nearby dock and catch a striped bass.
• Have a beer with the lecturer or students at the Capt. Kidd
• Play on the Physiology Course softball team
• Enjoy a game of soccer
• Have fun on our all-day picnic and lobster bash at Tarpaulin Cove (by chartered boat)
• Take the Woods Hole ferry to Martha’s Vineyard, rent a bike, and explore the island
• Go kayaking in the beautiful harbor
• Go for a run or a bike ride on the scenic coastal road around the Nobuska lighthouse
• Enjoy a New England Fourth of July 4 and participate in the parade with the Physiology Course.
• Tennis courts are nearby
• The Cape Cod National Seashore is not far away.
• Hob nob with the many scientists who come to the MBL to do summer research