St. Augustine Aquarium - St. Augustine, Florida

Rylie Bevill Barnes

Very neat aquarium! It’s not like a typical aquarium, where you walk inside a huge building and then look at tanks. It’s an outdoor facility and you have to walk through it with a tour guide. Our guide Sydney was wonderful. Our girls loved it! We got to feed the nurse sharks for an extra $5.

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The snorkel adventure is amazing! When booking be sure to read what it includes. In the tank there is 2 stingrays and coral fish. They have general admission attached to the tickets! So much fun! Took about 2 hours for the entire experience!

Stephen Fortmann

This aquarium only does guided tours. It is all outside, but the exhibits are covered and there is plenty of shade for everyone on the tour. It is much more intimate than a larger aquarium and the tour takes about an hour. Sydney was our tour guide and she was AWESOME. She took time to make sure everyone got to experience each exhibit and answered every question we could think of.

It is very educational and you will learn all sorts of things to amaze your friends with.

They have a large tank that you can go snorkeling in which we really wanted to do, but couldn't because the tank was undergoing some maintenance.

You can feed nurse sharks, Bruce was the best, and you can pet them.

I would recommend this to anyone who likes marine life. The animals are well kept and you can tell the folks that work there have a passion for it.

Nancy Garcia

It was ok. I would not suggest it on a rainy day or a hot day. It was outdoors?
The adults liked it more then the kids.

48$ I would not pay that much for this experience. At least wait til you get a deal for $24. The sharks where great if you pay extra you can pet and feed them!

Taylor Ackley

This place is horrible. It’s nothing but a few small fish tanks that you would put in your own home and a 2 medium size pools. Everything was dirty, especially the water in the tanks. 2 sharks living in 3 feet of water that don’t move. It’s a joke and horrible living conditions for the aquatic life.

Jennifer Nelson

I took my 4 year old here and we saw some fish and learned a bit about a few sea creatures. They had two sharks that didn't wanna eat while we were there, evidently they like sleeping, but for an extra $5 each you can either pet or feed the sharks. I would suggest going in the morning, we went at 3pm and they refused to move much at all. Hahaha, also they were in a very shallow tank which was weird. It wasn't expensive otherwise I would have been a bit more disappointed. Next time I go I will do the snorkel tour as you get to go into the bigger fish tank to see more (not the same tank as the sharks). You can not just walk around yourself, must join a tour and have a time slot. They also have a mermaid show which we missed I had no idea they had! Some information about times are under "about the aquarium " on their website for the walking and the snorkel tours.

Matthew willis

We swam with the Dolphins here 17 years ago when I was home on leave from Iraq. We decided to stop by on the way to a cruise and just reminisce. A lot has changed but the fact that they are studying and rehabilitating a variety of amazing sea life is awesome.

Alissa Menke

Our family of 5 did the Snorkel Adventure and it was GREAT! While my husband and I have been snorkeling before, my kids had not and this was the best first experience they could have possibly had. They had the opportunity to see a lot of variety of fish up close and personal in a space that felt very safe. They had an opportunity to ease into the underwater breathing/masks and did great once they got the hang of it.

This was a unanimous hit for our kiddos – 15, 11 & 9. I'd highly suggest it for any family looking for an afternoon activity!

The only thing I'd change was that I would have taken photos to share. If they'd had a photographer available, I likely would have purchased a photo package.