Regular Hours
10 a.m.–6 p.m. Daily
Closed Dec. 25
Summer (May 26–Sept. 1)
9:30 a.m.–6 p.m.
Summer Weekends
(July 5–Sept. 1) Sat. & Sun.
9:30 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Holidays
9:30 a.m.–6 p.m.
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What's New
Promotions & Events
July 5-August 31 (Sat. and Sun.)
6 p.m.-8 p.m.
This summer join us for an evening by the bay! The Aquarium will stay open until 8 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday from July 5 through August 31. In addition to all your favorite exhibits, enjoy dinner with an ocean view in the Portola Restaurant, and live music featuring outstanding student musicians from the Monterey Jazz Festival’s Jazz Education Program.
Become a marine scientist for a day and work alongside Aquarium guides, or enjoy a spectacular sunset sail with wine and cheese. You’ll get a unique view of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary aboard the Derek M Baylis, a 65-foot sailboat designed for ocean research.
Get an insider’s view of the Aquarium. Each 50-minute tour will give you a chance to interact with our staff, discover the hidden life of animals and learn about our ocean research. Cost is $10 per person plus admission.
June 14-Sept. 1
Summer fun starts at the Aquarium on June 14 with the new live musical Watt a Waste, and the return of the popular "acto" ¡Basta Basura!. We’ve got all your favorite feeding shows and activities as well.
Exhibit Updates
The Leaping Fish
Combine an eel with a sucker fish and throw in a little superhero spunk and you’ve got a leaping blenny. These small (maximum four inches long), blue-grey fish navigate the rocky intertidal zones of their Indo-Pacific habitats in two ways—swimming in the water and leaping between rocks. They can even breathe air when out of water. It’s rare to see these fish on exhibit in the Western World, so stop by and check them out the next time you visit the Splash Zone exhibit.
A Juvenile Wolf-eel on the Move
A juvenile wolf-eel was recently moved from Splash Zone to the Deep Reef gallery and is now happily hanging out in the left side of the wolf-eel exhibit. During the past year and a half, this little eel has grown from 4 inches in length to 24 inches and it’s still got some growing to do. An adult wolf-eel can measure 80 inches and weigh up to 41 pounds. Some divers claim that these fierce-faced fish can bite a broomstick in half, but in reality, wolf-eels are not dangerous unless provoked.
Jellies of the Month:
Giant Bell Jellies
Stop by Jellies: Living Art, and you’ll find our new Exhibit of the Month, giant bell jellies. These unusual looking jellies have large transparent bells that can grow to nearly four inches long and reveal frilly insides. Giant bell jellies have hundreds of long, white tentacles, and smaller tentacles that are red at the base. The red area is where the eyespots, also known as ocelli, are!
Now-September 1 (Mon.)
The popular, award-winning special exhibition Jellies: Living Art is closing on September 1. During its six-year run, the exhibition has dazzled millions of visitors with a unique blend of stunning jellies and the artwork they inspired. Don’t miss this last chance to immerse yourself in the world of jellies.
Take Action for the Oceans
Our Seafood Watch pocket guides have been updated to include fish caught in the Great Lakes (the Central U.S. guide), as well as revised recommendations for marlin, sea scallops and Atlantic herring/sardines. Wild-caught salmon from CA and OR has been removed from the West Coast Seafood Guide because the fishery is closed for 2008. Learn more about the update.
Download a printable pocket guide or order pocket guides. You can also view pocket guides on your mobile device at mobile.seafoodwatch.org.
See what it takes to tag bluefin tuna and the rarest of sea turtles, the Pacific leatherback, in an online video from the KQED Quest show featuring one of our partners, the Tagging of Pacific Predators (TOPP) program.
From over 200 photo entries, the winner of our Ocean Action Team's second annual World Ocean Day Photo Contest is Becky Kelly with her photo of "Hawksbill in Cozumel, MX 2008." Thank you to everyone who participated in the contest.
Aquarium News
In early June, Seafood Watch was featured in a national NBC news story about sustainable seafood on the Nightly News. The story focused on overfishing and what people can do to make a difference. You can watch an archived version of the story online.
The Aquarium's online Gift & Bookstore catalog offers a selection of special items relating to the Aquarium's exhibits and history, as well as the Monterey Bay area. Items featured in the catalog are available for purchase by phone.
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Laysan albatross (Makana)
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July 17, 2008
How to live without lungs: Sevengill sharks (Part 1) (2.2 mins)
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