🐟 Join our Ocean Lab Crew! 🐟

🎨 Unleash your inner artist by choosing from 5 marine animal templates on the iPads provided in our Eddystone Reef exhibit or online when on site. Personalise your animal picture and watch your fish swim to life!

Meet the newest (and cutest) addition to our Ocean Drifters Zone, the White-Spotted Jellyfish! 🪼

Visiting our Aquarium this half term? Why not stop by our craft table in our Plymouth Sounds Zone to make your very own paper Octopus! 🐙

A word of warning though, our Rangers have all made their own Octopus, and they've become virtually inseparable from them! 😅

Looking for something to do this half-term in Plymouth? 👀

We've got plenty of activities happening both inside and outside our Aquarium, so we've got you covered no matter what the weather looks like! 🌦️

Get involved 👇
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May half term is here, and it's the perfect time to dive into an underwater adventure!

🐟 We'll be hosting lots of daily shows, talks and activities throughout the week, so why not bring the whole family and explore the wonders of the Ocean!

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Happy #FishFactFriday everyone, today we're focusing on the Harlequin Bass!

🔎 You can find these funky fish in the Moonpool Zone of our Aquarium!

We are super excited to be supporting World Ocean Day for Schools. A #FREE day of fun activities that encourage children to connect to their local blue space and inspire them to become ocean advocates.

#WorldOceanDayforSchools

Learn more here worldoceanday.school

Happy #WorldTurtleDay ! 🐢
Check out our new training project with Friday, our Green Sea Turtle!

By sling training Friday, we're able to reduce stress during his regular health checkups, keeping him happy and healthy!

Did you know that we run Rockpool Safaris? 🦀

Discover the fascinating marine life living along our coastline with help from our Ocean Discovery Rangers!

🗓️ Our next Rockpool Safari will be taking place THIS SUNDAY at 13:30!

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Join the Team! 🐠

We're thrilled to announce that we're expanding our team at the National Marine Aquarium and @Oceanconservationtrust!

Find out more about our available roles and apply 👇
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Arrr! Only two days until Pirates Weekend begins on the Barbican! 🏴‍☠️

🦀 Our Rangers will be out and about at this weekend's festival, swing by our Ocean Conservation Trust stall if you fancy checking out some of our jaw-some Ocean Artefacts or taking part in some fun Ocean activities!

🐟 Visitor Information 🐟

Visibility in our Eddystone exhibit may be temporarily affected from today until Wednesday as we undertake a routine procedure on the exhibit. The fish will not be negatively affected by this.

Happy #MentalHealthAwareness Week! 🧠

Did you know, that a study conducted by @plymuni at our Aquarium here in Plymouth found that people who spend time watching aquariums and fish exhibits could see improvements in their physical and mental well-being?

Our Plymouth Sound Boat Trips are back! ⛵

Discover our British wildlife, from big to small, as well as the history of Plymouth’s stunning natural harbour!

🗓️ Our next Boat Trip will be setting sail on Tuesday the 28th of May!

Book your space: bit.ly/3lWOzNz

The forecast is looking great for our Rockpool Safari this Sunday at Mount Batten Beach! ☀️

Discover some seriously cool marine critters living right here on our doorstep, with help from our Ocean Discovery Rangers, who are all pro-rockpoolers! 🦀

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Guess what? That's right, it's the day you've all been waiting for, it's #FishFactFriday !
Today we're taking a look at the brilliantly named Upside-down Jellyfish!

🔎 Our Upside-Down Jellyfish can be found in the Ocean Drifters zone of our Aquarium!

Happy Birthday Sir David Attenborough! 🥳

Our next sensory and autism-friendly Quiet at the Aquarium event will be taking place later this month on Monday the 27th of May!

Enjoy our exhibits in a calmer environment without the noise and distraction of our daily shows.

Find out more! 👇
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Ever wondered what our scuba divers see whilst diving in our exhibits? 👀

Lots of the native species in our Eddystone exhibit can't be reached from the surface and need to be hand-fed by our team of divers! 🤿

Happy #FishFactFriday everyone!
Today we're focusing on a fish that's not very popular amongst beachgoers here in the UK 😬 it's the Weeverfish!

🔎 You can find our Lesser Weever fish in our Plymouth Sound Zone!

#WeeverFish #MarineLifeUK