Monterey Bay Aquarium

Enjoy our sea otters as they frolic and swim. If you see the Monterey Bay on screen instead of the Sea Otter exhibit, don’t worry! The otters will be back shortly.

We feed the African penguins in our Splash Zone exhibit multiple times a day, sometimes by hand to make sure they get their daily vitamin, and sometimes by tossing food into the water to stimulate […]

You’ll see giant tuna power their way through the water, while pelagic rays and green sea turtles swim just inches away.

Watch moon jellies move with the current as they pulsate their delicate, translucent bells. They sport several distinctive characteristics, including bright, petal-like gonads in the center of their bells and a fine stinging fringe that […]

The Monterey Bay Cam offers a peek from the Aquarium’s ocean-view decks From this vantage point, you can identify a number of the birds and sea mammals that find refuge in the Monterey Bay. Look […]

Giant kelp provides food and shelter for a vibrant ecosystem Look closely and you’ll discover an astonishing diversity of fish and invertebrates swimming in our Kelp Forest exhibit and clinging to the kelp and algae. […]