Aquarium of the Bay - San Francisco Zoos and Aquarium

  • Address: The Embarcadero at Beach St., Pier 39, San Francisco, CA 94133
  • Phone: 888 / SEA-DIVE / 415 / 623-5333
  • Email:
  • Website:www.aquariumofthebay.com
Average Rating
3.0
67+ reviews
from 3 sources
Yelp
3.0
60+ reviews
Frommers
0.0
1+ reviews
Yahoo! Travel
4.5
6+ reviews

Estimated Price: From $2

Aquarium of the Bay
The Embarcadero at Beach St.
Pier 39, San Francisco, CA 94133

Aquarium of the Bay Details

Full Amenity List

  • Gift Shop
  • Hands-On Interaction

Descriptions from Across the Web

  • Opened in 1996 and enhanced in 2001, Aquarium of the Bay is a unique educational and entertainment facility dedicated to the rich and diverse aquatic life of San Francisco Bay and its surrounding waters. The Aquarium provides a window to the Bay that focuses on its distinctive ecosystems to enter... more on Aquariumofthebay.com
  • East Bay offers stunning views from the Berkeley hills, including Grizzly Peak Park, Inspiration Point and Tilden Park. more on TripAdvisor
  • This is a pretty cool experience; you and your children get to walk through clear acrylic tunnels lying underneath the Bay. The unusual perspective gives you a close-up view of marine life, including the sharks, eels, fish, and other creatures that live in the San Francisco Bay. The aquarium also... more on GoCityKids.com
  • This $38-million, 1-million-gallon marine attraction filled with sharks, stingrays, and more transports visitors through clear acrylic tunnels via a moving footpath. Frankly, however, ... more on Frommers
  • Aquarium of the Bay is the brand new way to discover the Bay. The Aquarium provides a window to San Francisco Bay that focuses on its distinctive ecosystems and seeks to entertain, educate and inspire preservation of this wonderful natural resource. Explore the Bay's wonders as you walk through c... more on aza.org

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5.0
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(October 05, 2008 00:00)

i like and loved everything about aquarium of the bay By A Yahoo! User from florida, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

Aquarium of the Bay

...on moving walkways, travel through two crystal-clear 150 foot tunnels, surrounded by 700,000 gallons of San Francisco Bay seawater, and through exhibits of thousands of marine animals, from bat rays to hundreds of schooling ... Insiders' Guide, a user of Insiders' Guide. Read full review on Amazon.com

5.0
Bay Area Tribe B. 's review

Bay Area Tribe is a grassroots community organization for Bay Area Jewish young adults. We are a group who plan activities for other young Bay Area Jews ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

Not the best

This Aquarium is over priced for what you see and what you can do. It is good for very little kids. There is also an ... a user of Trekaroo. Read full review on Trekaroo

5.0
Very cool, great for big kids too

My husband and I visited here while on vacation and had a blast here. I admit I was a little disappointed at first with the limited amount of animals on display on top but then we took the elevator down and that changed everything.

The tour starts on the second level up... By fuzzbutt2417 from Taylor, MI, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

Directions

Aquarium of the Bay is located on Fisherman's Wharf adjacent to PIER 39. Parking is available at the PIER 39 parking garage one block away from the Aquarium. The garage is open 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Aquarium of the Bay does not validate parki

The Embarcadero at Beach St

Hours

Summer 9 a.m.-8 p.m Daily. Other Seasons 10 a.m.-6 p.m Monday-Thursday. 10 a.m.-7 p.m Friday-Sunday.

Miscellaneous

  • Admission: $13.95 Adult (12-64) $7.00 Senior (65+) $7.00 Child (3-11) Children under 3 are free $33.95 (Family Pack for Aquarium only 2 Adults and 2 Children) $25 Behind-The-Scenes Tour
  • Events: http://www.aquariumofthebay.com/events/default.asp

Other Web Resources

  • Read more about Aquarium of the Bay on Yahoo! Travel
  • www.aquariumofthebay.com
  • http://www.visitcalifornia.com
  • http://www.sanmateocountycvb.com
  • http://www.visitberkeley.com

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