Florida Oceanographic Coastal Center

This is a great place to spend the day with your family. There are interactive and very informative displays throughout the grounds, with many "hands-on" exhibits for all ages. The staff is very knowledgeable and will teach you many things about the creatures you will encounter in each exibit. From the walking trails to the gift shop, we were extremely impressed with this park.
Highly-rated for a visit!

The amount of knowledge you learn is unreal. We spent the whole day there just learning from the shows and then walking through the building. Really enjoyed the atmosphere and the nature walk.
I do suggest bringing something to snack on and drink as they only have water.

Great time coming here with the Wife and Kids, Turtles were gorgeous and fish were stocked well. Bring your polarized glasses to see more down deep!!! Prepare for a wild sanctuary nature walk, bring waters!

Nice little exhibit that is very educational about smaller aquatic life. I would say it would take about an hour to go through. Has cool fish tanks with a small octopus. I would say after going through this place would be best for kids.

Loved the history lesson the damming and canalization of Lake Okeechobee. Learned a lot about local sea life and their efforts to help sea grass and oyster repopulate in the area. The kids all admitted it was worth leaving the beach and was super fun! Must-see in Stuart!

Absolutely amazing. Definitely stop in. Wonderful staff. Great experience and knowledge. Love that's a non profit so your money to pay is going straight to the beautiful facility.

Love this place. Brought my grandsons here and they enjoyed it. Lots to learn for all ages. When you first get in you get to pet the stingrays in the stingray tank and then you can watch them feed the fish in the big estuary. Highly recommend. Will be back

Friendly and knowledgeable staff. Excellent place with lots of information. Kids loved it but we did too. Sting ray touch tank very cool. Very clean and very cool place. Highly recommend.

My wife would likely disagree with the five stars due to the smell in the Nature Trail, but I thought it was a fun experience.

Great access to animals of all kinds. Really interesting exhibits in the park.

In my opinion, the VERY SMELLY Nature Trail is a 3/4-mile walk through an actual marsh. The methane gases due to decomposing detritus (and who knows what else) are REALLY strong, but it was lots of fun.

This is a great experience for anyone interested in sea life. The establishment is clean, well organized, and all around beautiful. The staff is friendly and extremely knowledgeable. Cute little gift shop on the grounds. It is handicap accessible and easy to maneuver through all of the exhibits.

Had a great time and learnt alot. There is an eye opener in the section that talks about litter and how long garbage sticks around for. Help keep our beaches and oceans clean!

This is an excellent way to learn about Florida's coast and the animals that live there. The exhibits are well set out, have great visuals, and are right up to date.

The staff are enthusiastic, helpful and friendly. The talks about the rays and the turtles should not be missed.

This is a very educational spot to spend some outdoor time. Really big lagoon with rays, fish, and turtles all swimming about. There's plenty of educational placards and displays as well as different talks given. Take a walk on the nature trail through the mangroves (best enjoyed after liberal application of DEET) and see their oyster reclamation project. A big plus is that active duty military and veterans get in free.

If you like animals this is great. They have turtles that been injured. The turtle program was super interesting. Then we were saw the most amazing octopus it was so graceful. Then time to power the stingrays horse show crabs sea urchins sea cucumbers and hermit crabs

Our family loved this experience, so much to see. The lagoon was beautiful and so neat to spot all the sea life.

This is a great place to visit for a couple hours with kids. They have many interactive displays, including a touch tank, and petting rays. If you come ar the right time, you can watch the game fish being fed in their massive "pond". They also have a fairly new building with lots for kids to explore and amazing view.

My triplet 4 year old grandchildren loved petting the sting rays. Sea turtles and fish make up the rest of the attractions. Incredibly cool to see a large sea turtle swim up to the side of the pond. We always wonder how there are so many fish when we see the sharks in with them.

Hands down one of the best conservationist centers I’ve been too. All of the exhibits are very interactive, engaging, and fun. I am 27 years old and felt like a kid having a great time! Absolutely a hole-in-the-wall place that would be so easy to pass by and miss out on! I highly recommend checking it out!

Such a great Place! Years ago they were tiny but just as great, now they have built and expanded so many beautiful and truly enriching experiences on the property. There is a beautiful gift shop when you walk in ( be prepared to want to shop, truly I wish I had for that in my budget it’s like a mermaid emporium) and then they have a stingray touch pool just outside that we’re you can sit and learn about them and also touch them- including toddlers which was very cool. My little 2 year old darling was so excited by them and would have jumped in if I let her ha! Next to that is an interactive young childrens area- both are outside. Then the newest attraction is a big “air conditioned” building with another interactive room with puzzles for older kids and then a nice small little museum type walk through that introduces you to our local marine ecosystems which was done really well. Again my toddler could not get enough and we spent a good hour walking through it several times over! Everyone is very nice and informative as well. Outside that is a huge estuary I guess you could say. A man made giant “ lagoon “ as it’s called there or big pond that has a huge walk around deck ( which also leads to some pretty cool wildlife trails) and in it you’ll find all sorts of big ocean life including turtles, stingrays, and even nurse sharks which was pretty cool to us!!!

I explained all this so that hopefully someone reading this can see how worthwhile it is to go here! You and your kids will love it!

Excellent place to visit. The game fish pool is large and lots to see.