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Located in the Joseph M. Long Marine Laboratory, the Seymour Marine Discovery Center in Santa Cruz is a marine research and education facility which aims to promote the understanding and conservation of the world’s oceans, and to demonstrate the role that scientific research plays in that objective.
Featuring a 20,000-square-foot visitor center, you are welcome to attend the aquarium, where you can touch sharks, sea stars, urchins, crabs and anemones, see Ms. Blue –an 87-foot-long and 18-foot-high whale skeleton- and get closer to the magnificent sea life of Monterey Bay, which is a year-round home year for seals, otters, dolphins, sea lions, whales, a multitude of invertebrates and algae, as well as seabirds and fish.
100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, Phone: 831-459-3800, Map
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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