Things to do / Travel Guide
Address:9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, California
Tel:
(858) 534-4086
Our Zoo and Aquarium Expert Says:
The aquarium's simulator ride lets you be a drop of water in the cycle of life within earth's vast water system or a dolphin leaping over waves and gliding through the water. Explore living coral reefs and the animals living within them. Watch sharks, see dive shows, and peer into tide pools where many sea creatures live.
Extras: Movies, Educational Presentations, Tours.
Open 9 am to 5 pm. $$ (Moderately Priced)
From Birch Aquarium at Scripps Inst. of Oceanography - La Jolla, California:
Birch Aquarium is the public exploration center Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, in La Jolla, California. The aquarium's species of sharks include swell, nurse, leopard, horn, shovelnose guitarfish, angel, whitetip reef, blacktip reef, and wobbegongs. The tide-pool Discovery Center offers opportunities to touch tide-pool animals. Aquarium naturalists are on-hand to answer questions and educate visitors about this unique habitat and the marine life that calls it home. You'll see fishes and living corals with clever names like maze coral, great star coral, and red tree sponge. Relive your tropical vacation and see the aquarium's living coral displays.