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
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  • Website:www.aquariumofthebay.com
Average Rating
3.0
67+ reviews
from 3 sources
Yahoo! Travel
4.5
6+ reviews
Yelp
3.0
60+ reviews
Frommers
0.0
1+ 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 entertain, educate and inspire preservation of this wonderful natural resource. There are four parts to your journey. Each one is exciting and educational. Begin your exploration of San Francisco Bay ... more on aquariumofthebay.com
  • East Bay offers stunning views from the Berkeley hills, including Grizzly ... more on tripadvisor.com
  • 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 offers birthday parties and sleepovers.You begin with a walk through an aquarium display featuring more color than you might expect to find beneath the Bay: bright orange fish and steel blue ones, anemones in sherbet hues of pink, green, purple, and yellow, and anchovies flashing by in a circle of silver. This area ... more on gocitykids.com
  • This $38-million, 1-million-gallon marine attraction ... more on frommers.com
  • 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 ... more on Association of Zoos and Aquariums

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5.0
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(October 05, 2008 00:00)

i like and loved everything about ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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

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