Birch Aquarium at Scripps

• Location: La Jolla, CA
• Hours: Open 7 days a week, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm daily
  Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day.

Explore the wonders of the ocean at Birch Aquarium at Scripps, the public exploration center for the world-renowned Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Perched on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the aquarium features more than 60 habitats teeming with fishes and invertebrates from the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest to the tropical waters of Mexico and the Caribbean. Discover dazzling coral reefs, thrilling sharks, amazing seahorses, undulating jellyfish, and three outdoor, living tide pools. Be amazed by the aquarium's two-story kelp forest tank, which showcases the beauty of the ocean just off La Jolla’s coast. Learn about cutting-edge discoveries by Scripps researchers in climate, earth, and ocean science.

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