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Free Programs!

 

 

Enjoy these and other programs during your visit at no additional charge!

 

Live Dive! -- Divers swim with the fishes and sharks in the 306,000-gallon Living Shipwreck and talk to visitors through underwater microphones. Daily at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

 

Live Animal Programs – Meet an alligator, a horseshoe crab or another fascinating aquatic animal in these lively programs in the Big Rock Theater. Daily at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

 

Animal Feedings -- Watch the mealtime activity in the 306,000-gallon Living Shipwreck or other exciting exhibits throughout the Aquarium. Daily at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

 

You Otter See This – Two river otters named Pungo and Neuse frolic and feast during their exercise and enrichment sessions. Saturday and Sunday at 11 a.m.

Live Dive

Live Dive!

 

Storytime -- Bring your preschoolers to Clearwater Classroom for favorite stories about the world around us.Friday at 9:30 a.m.

 

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Aquarium Jeopardy -- Come to Clearwater Classroom and compete for prizes in an educational quiz game focused on the environment.

 

Eco Explorations – Join Educators in wet-lab experiments, games, comparative animal anatomy, live animal programs and others hands-on, interactive fun throughout the Aquarium.

 

Dockside Puppet Theater – Ed the pelican and friends show what everyone can do to help animals in and around the water.