Clearwater Marine Aquarium

Excellent excellent!! I had an amazing time with my daughter. Saw dolphins, turtles, sea otters, sting rays, nurse shark, fish, it was so much fun especially feeding the dolphins and getting our picture on our special selection of the photo with a dolphin, wonderful choices at the gift shop and even had an amazing place to eat. Spent hours here just walking around a couple laps. Even got to pet the sting rays.

There were many other adventures we just didn’t have time to do them all

If you or your children love dolphins, this is the place for you. They are a non profit organization and have a live hospital too. Their mission is to rescue, rehab, and release. The dolphins are amazing. I HIGHLY recommend this place. It’s worth it. For my parents and I to go it as close to $100 dollars but I say it was 100% worth it. They also have dolphin presentations. It was educational and fun to watch. We arrived at 1:50 pm and left around 3:50. Overall the experience was amazing! Thank you Clearwater Marine Aquarium!

Cma is an amazing facility that’s worth the money and time! Went there in October and stayed the whole day.
People who complain about not a lot of attractions don’t fully enjoy the aquarium
If you just sit there and admire all the animals it’s amazing. Highly recommend visiting! staff and volunteers are amazing! It’s quite pricey but very worth visiting! :D

This was the best experience ever Elizabeth and Evan were so nice to us and our entire family of five had such an amazing time we spent the entire day there and plan to spend the many more. We did the VIP dolphin experience and this was our first time here. We enjoyed the day so much it made our vacation. We were able to get up close and personal with Nicolas, Izzy, and Hope. They were so good with my kids and spraying Hope with water was a blast.

This is a must while visiting Clearwater. Great for the kids or a nice day date. The staff is very friendly and helpful. They offer experiences that you won't find often. You can play with the dolphins or feed the stingrays. We had a wonderful time!

It's nice to see an aquarium that actually is a care and rehabilitation center for animals/fishes instead of trapping them permanently on glass cages. The dolphin that resides here adds a whole different charm and excitement. I also really like the arts they made from trash.

This aquarium is very well taken care of, especially the dolphins and otters, staff seems to take care of the animals, and they seem genuine and are very knowledgeable. They few activities for children.
Helpful staff. It is definitely a great place to teach children how to take care of Mother Nature and learn a lot. Adult ticket $36 dlls per person.

We went to the Aquarium because of Winter, as we were on vacation in Clearwater. We watched both films before traveling. The rehabilitation work is fantastic, in addition to the dolphins and other animal presentations. Nicolas was a real “coquettish dolphin dancer”. Rudolph really impressed us with his hearing loss. The pelican is really there! We highly recommend though, it’s worth visiting this non profit organization and hospital!

If you love animals, this is a must see!!
I was here 10 years ago, and the transformation is amazing! They have added so much while maintaining their mission of rescue, rehab, and release. This aquarium does absolutely wonderful work! The habitats and special exhibits are amazing to see. The animal talks are very interesting and informative. My littles had fun for hours and didn't want to leave!

Wow stopped by this place after 20 years and what a change. Much larger facility and has much more employees. Compared to other forms of entertainment the prices are not bad. The restaurant was pretty good. Clearwater Marine Aquarium, located in Clearwater, Florida, is a renowned marine life rescue and rehabilitation facility. Focused on the rescue, rehabilitation, and release of marine animals, particularly dolphins, sea turtles, and otters, the aquarium provides a unique opportunity for visitors to learn about marine conservation. It gained international recognition through the story of Winter, a bottlenose dolphin with a prosthetic tail, inspiring the movie "Dolphin Tale." Beyond exhibits, the aquarium emphasizes education and conservation efforts to promote awareness of marine life and their habitats

We had a wonderful day with our granddaughter. Bought 6 month Florida resident pass for $40 a piece. Sooo much fun!!

This aquarium is all about rescuing sea creatures like dolphins and turtles. If you want to see animals performing this isn't the place for you. However, I highly recommend taking the guided tour and learning all about what they do and how they do it. This was very educational, perfect for young people or just perpetually curious adults like me. There are several sculptures made of plastic bottles and other trash found in the ocean. They're beautiful BUT also eye opening about the plastic pollution in our oceans. I enjoyed this very much but not be the right fit for some.

I'm so glad my son and I finally got to go here. I've been wanting to go ever since I saw the movies Dolphin Tale 1 and 2. The narrated tour was worth paying for. Our guide was very informative and funny. I wish I could remember his name.

The aquarium and parking garage are together for ease of parking. Not a huge fan of the $15 fee to park in addition to admission, but for a rescue and rehab based operation, I’m willing to spend a little more to support.

The animals are very well cared for and the exhibits have great information. I spent about 2 hours here as an adult with no kids, so it might take longer for a family at a slower pace.

You can expect to see dolphins, sea otters, sharks, turtles, and an assortment of fish.

The mix of indoor and outdoor is really nice. The dolphin talk at the top of the dolphin viewing area was really cool.

All in all this was a great stop for a day trip.

this is a great place. its not that big as the florida aquarium in tampa, but in comparisen to the clearwater marine aquarium, it does a lot more for the wildlife than the other. and this is what its about.
we came there with our family. there was a lot to discover for the adults and the little ones at well. my daughter was so excited of seeing the home of winter, the dolphin. the story about him is truly awesome. and the tanks of the dolphins are as well. u can see the dolphins swimming under water. thats so great. i also recomend to watch the feeding of the animals. we saw the turtles beein feeded by the stuff. they did such a great job. i also liked the exposed art which is made from plastic from the ocean. great idea to bring that topic on the table and of cause nice to watch.
all in all i recomend this place for every ages. u will need 2-3 hours to get the full tour. so u wont spend the whole day there. enjoy the beaches of clearwater afterwards or go on a dolphin cruise to see this beautiful mamals in real life in their true habitat.

Dolphin-Tail legacy still lives with a expanded viewing of Dolphin's 🐬.
Make sure you get there early in the day, because when we showed up later in the afternoon, was let down that not many things were going on.
Make sure to go downstairs to get the best viewing & ask when/where to see playtime. Great way to interact with the dolphins.

Nice aquarium, parking is an attached garage that worked out great on the day we went as it was pouring down rain. Everyone is very friendly and nice exibits.

Good learning experience. Remember this is a rehab center! I think there work is amazing. Definitely recommend doing the behind the scenes tour to learn about the turtles, dolphins and their mission. The BBQ burger was very good,large amount of fries and drink with refills was $13.99. Will come again when manatees arrive in 2024.

If you're looking for a zoo type aquarium experience, this is not the place for you. It's a beautiful aquarium that is more focused on rehabilitated sea critters.

So much to and learn about. We had a great experience just learning about the marine life.

Even though we arrived later in the afternoon, we had such a great time visiting the Marine Aquarium. Staff are knowledgeable when asked questions or stating facts.