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Long Beach Hilton Resort
Featuring exceptional service, international flair and an elegant ambiance is the Long Beach Hilton Resort.
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Long Beach Hyatt Regency
Nicely situated on the waters edge, the Long Beach Hyatt Regency offers the advantages of both city and beach life.
With inspiring views of the Pacific Ocean and Catalina Island from all guestrooms and outstanding service set this hotel apart from any other in Long Beach.
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California Aquarium Tour
California is home to several major world class aquarium exhibits and a number of lessor ones
with a major emphasis on exploring life and habitat in the great Pacific Ocean.
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Aquarium of the Pacific
Downtown Long Beach CA
100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach, CA 90801; (562) 590-3100;
Aquarium Website;
Open Daily: 10AM-6PM (exc: Dec 25);
It takes more than an ordinary aquarium to lead you on journey of discovery of the world's largest ocean.
Special exhibits let your dive into a unique exploration of sunny Southern California and Baja, the frigid waters of the North Pacific, and the colorful reefs of the Tropical Pacific.
Come face-to-face with, and even touch, the ocean’s ultimate predators in Shark Lagoon. Hand feed lorikeet birds.
Join us on a Behind-the-Scenes tour. Enjoy Monsters of the Abyss, a film that combines stunning state-of-the-art 3-D technology and digital animation to explore the deep ocean.
Every purchase made at the Aquarium helps support their nonprofit mission to build a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the Pacific Ocean,
its inhabitants, and ecosystems.
Aquarium Exhibits
Home to more than 12,500 ocean animals, representing nearly 500 species, the Aquarium celebrates the planet’s largest and most diverse body of water:
the Pacific Ocean. Featuring 19 major habitats and 32 focus exhibits, the Aquarium of the Pacific is a world-class aquarium, exploring the waters of Southern California and Baja, the Northern Pacific, and the Tropical Pacific.
- Catch a Wave - Learn about Tsunamis and how animals survive in the surf.
- Southern California / Baja Gallery - Extending 800 miles from Oregon to Mexico, California’s coastal waters include a variety of ecosystems, animals, and temperatures.
Featuring a beautiful bed of giant swaying kelp, this exhibit offers a glimpse of the colorful garibaldi (California’s state fish), giant spined sea stars, California scorpionfish, and many other examples of local Southern California ocean life.
- Northern Pacific Gallery - represents the northernmost region of the Pacific Ocean, specifically habitats in and around the Bering Sea.
Special exhibits on the Sea Otter and the giant Pacific Octopus.
- Tropical Pacific Gallery- The warm, 80-degree waters of Micronesia contain an astounding amount of sealife.
Holding 350,000 gallons of water, this exhibit features over a thousand colorful fish and beautiful coral, including sea turtles, zebra
and blacktip reef sharks, porcupine puffers, and a large blue Napoleon or humphead wrasse. Also features our seahorses and sea dragons.
- Lorikeet Forest - a 3,200 sq. ft. outdoor aviary. More than 100 enthusiastic lorikeets fill the trees.
- Shark Lagoon - witness some of the most legendary and enigmatic animals - sharks - the ocean’s ultimate predators!
Featuring more than 150 sharks you can touch...and some you can’t!
- Shorebird Sanctuary - Designed to resemble a wetland such as the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, the exhibit features several microecosystems and shelters four species of shorebirds plus a diving duck.
Aquarium Shows
The Aquarium of the Pacific features spectacular 3D cinema showings at regular intervals. These provide an amazing look at life in our Pacific Ocean.
Special Programs
Check the aquarium website for the latest special event schedule - they have lots of activities planned regularly.
- Shark Lagoon Nights - Friday evening live music while you dance in the shark exhibit.
- Daily special pre-school programs -
- Adult evening classes and seminars
- Junior Biologist Day Camps
Aquarium History
The Aquarium of the Pacific opened in 1998 and today is supported by
a volunteer staff of about 725 people who work in all departments, including education, administration, husbandry and scuba diving staff.
Aquarium Resources
Other related websites:
 Marine Conservation Research Institute - MCRI
- Research arm of the Aquarium of the Pacific - The mission of MCRI is to expand and enhance the body of scientific knowledge relating to the Pacific Ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.
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