Age group

Sleeping cabins

Infirmary

Internet Access

Sports Court/Field

At Santa Catalina, we strive to create an inspiring and safe environment for our campers to gain confidence and develop a strong sense of self. Our camp community values communication, collaboration, and respect. Our staff are highly trained in providing a nurturing and supportive environment for our campers to explore and grow. We emphasize experiential learning opportunities and encourage campers to take risks and seek new experiences.

STEM/STEAM

Theater/Drama

Sportsfield activities

Music

Cooking

Art & Crafts

Affordable

Day camp at Summer at Santa Catalina is a girls’ empowerment experience unlike any other on the Monterey Peninsula. Day campers have opportunities to stretch themselves mentally in a variety of camp classes and grow emotionally and spiritually through our interactive camper group activities—all while playing and making life-long friendships. Our unique day camp program offers a chance for girls to experience a taste of communal living while still going home at the end of each day. With our evening program option, day campers can literally stay with us from sunup to sundown!

DAY CAMP

Campers learn from the pros. Girls receive specialized training from instructors who know their craft inside and out, including tech, set design, costumes, dance, and performance. And the best part? Campers get to put on a show in our state-of-the-art 500-seat theatre.

Get the full camp experience. After musical theatre each morning, campers take additional summer classes like marine biology, surfing, photography, art, yoga, dance, sports, and more! Not to mention field trips to local attractions like the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Carmel Beach, and fun, all-camp traditions like our closing campfire.

MUSICAL THEATRE

Beginning in summer 2023, campers entering grade 9 can take part in our leadership program, Catalina CREW: Confident Resourceful Empowered Women. These campers will co-design a leadership curriculum with Camp Director Ange Atkinson and camp counselors. Campers who take part in this program in summer 2023 also get an opportunity to continue working with Ange through the 2023-2024 school year to co-design a second year of CREW—and return to camp for summer 2024 as entering 10th-graders in a great leadership capacity!

LEADERSHIP AT CAMP

Girls only

Preschool

Kids

Tweens

Santa Catalina School

My kid has been able to develop her unique self at this camp while still appreciating and helping those around her. She has had the chance to interact with children from all across the nation and the globe, which has helped her have a deeper knowledge of other cultures. It's a lovely school that lets kids just be kids. The only "complaint" I have so far is that I wish there were more photographs updated more frequently.

Juliana T

The best camp is Santa Catalina's in the summer.  While having a blast, it teaches girls to love and respect one another.