Enjoy a ring side seat of the harbor at the Tale of the Whale restaurant for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It also offers a full bar and is opened daily from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. There's a gift shop next door to the restaurant, meeting rooms available for special events and a boat dock with motor boat rentals and fishing. The Pavilion is lined with twinkling white lights at night and is especially beautiful when the Newport Beach Holiday Boat Parade travels up and down the harbor in December. Framed by the Saddleback Mountains, scenic Newport Beach also has an ecological reserve in the Back Bay which is popular with birders.
Summers bring outdoor jazz concerts to the center.
Next door, the Hyatt Newporter plays host to an annual line up of jazz artists in summer concerts and also hosts several tennis tournaments. Pelican Hills Golf Course is home to a televised tournament and an endless list of celebrities with homes in Newport Beach include Dennis Rodman. Though his Newport partying has not been popular with his neighbors, it's supposed to be online soon at a web site where you can party in cyberspace with Rodman at his Newport Beach house. Newport Ferry Peninsula Party Things to Do .