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CityPASS: No need to reserve! Just show your CityPASS IN-PERSON ONLY at the main entrance of the aquarium at the time of your visit to be admitted

AZA Reciprocal Discounts (Oakland/SF Zoo/etc. Members): Present your reciprocal AZA membership IN-PERSON ONLY at the time of your visit to receive 50% off admission!

Please Note Our HOLIDAY HOURS:

  • Thanksgiving Day: 11am-3pm (EARLY CLOSURE)
  • Christmas Eve: 11am-3pm (EARLY CLOSURE)
  • Christmas Day: CLOSED

Citizen Science Dive Course

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AOTB Feed Funder NFTs are HERE

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Sylvia Earle Academic (SEA) Scholarship

Aquarium of the Bay is now accepting applications for an $8,000/year scholarship.

Learn more about the Scholarship

At Home Learning

Looking for things to do in SF to learn and explore science topics with your kids?

You can continue learning at home through our free lesson plans for K-12th students. Each includes art activities, writing practice, and experiments that you can do with household supplies!

At Home Lessons

The Bay Institute 28th Annual Awards

Streaming LIVE from Hayes Mansion in San Jose, CA, on June 8, 4:00 PM (PST)

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Aquarium Virtual Tours

Our live, interactive, virtual tours through Zoom bring the diversity of Northern California marine and terrestrial life right to you.

Virtual Tours

Discover the beauty and diversity of Northern California aquatic life at Aquarium of the Bay.

Smithsonian Affiliated Aquarium of the Bay (non-profit 501 c3) inspires Climate Resilience & Ocean Conservation, through environmental stewardship to Protect and preserve eco-biodiversity, Sierra to the Sea™.

Virtual Aquarium of the Bay

Hours

Monday – Sunday
11:00am – 6:00pm
PIER 39, San Francisco

Plan-a-visit

Hours

Main Aquarium Closed, Retail store open Saturdays & Sundays

11am – 6pm

415.623.5300
PIER 39, San Francisco

Hours

Monday – Sunday
11:00am – 6:00pm
415.623.5300
PIER 39, San Francisco

Special Hours
September 21,
1:00pm – 6:00pm

Hours

Monday – Sunday
11am – 6pm
415.623.5300
PIER 39, San Francisco

(Early Closure Notice:
October 26 at 4:30pm.)

Current Programs

Find all of our current programs at our Linktree!

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  • BayEcotarium Edventures
  • BayEcotarium Expeditions
  • Aquarium Virtual Tours

Explore the Animals of San Francisco Bay

Discover the Bay

Discover the Bay

Discover the Bay introduces visitors to San Francisco Bay. This gallery highlights animals that are commonly found closest to the shore and near San Francisco docks. Here, guests will find green moray eels, wolf eels, juvenile swell sharks, and the bright orange garibaldi, the marine state fish of California.

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Go with the Flow

Go with the Flow

Enter Under the Bay and delight in a tranquil environment featuring various species of mesmerizing jellyfish including moon jellies, brown sea nettles, and other species

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Under the Bay

Under the Bay

Under the Bay is the Aquarium’s largest and most iconic exhibit area, featuring two-immense tunnels that total 300 feet, holding more than 750,000 gallons of carefully maintained water from San Francisco Bay. They are home to more than 200 species of animals that swirl and glide overhead.

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Touch the Bay

Touch the Bay

Touch the Bay offers two hands-on tactile experiences for Aquarium visitors. Touch juvenile bat rays, skates, sharks, and tidepool inhabitants. The Bay Lab, located in Touch the Bay, features land-dwelling animals that serve as climate change ambassadors

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River Otters: Watershed Ambassadors

River Otters: Watershed Ambassadors

Encounter the amusing antics of the Aquariums furriest residents: the North American river otters. Learn about these amazing animals during special presentations, feedings, and trainings led by Aquarium biologists.

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Stay Connected

Catch a glimpse of San Francisco Bay Area’s marine life and stay updated with all the excitement at Aquarium of the Bay.

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SAFER AT HOME ORDER CLOSES AQUARIUM OF THE BAY:

Current health orders close Aquarium of the Bay starting, December 6. Please visit our BUY TICKETS page for virtual tours and programs. Aquarium of the Bay depends on the generosity of its guests and supports to care for the 24,000 animals, please consider making a donation to help get us through this closure. For additional information please email us at [email protected]

“As we emerge from the pandemic, we look to a promising and transformative future to address climate resilience and cleaner oceans”

– GEORGE JACOB
President & CEO, BayEcotarium

Aquarium of the Bay - 25th Anniversary

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