Daily Activities

Summer Deck Programs

• Where: Great Tide Pool Deck
• Enough Stuff: 12:45 p.m., 2:15 p.m., 3:45 p.m.
  Watt a Waste: 11:15 a.m., 1:45 p.m.
• Length: 15 minutes

Enjoy fun musical-comedy performances for the whole family! "Enough Stuff" highlights some of the amazing new animals you can see during your Aquarium visit. In crowd favorite, "Watt a Waste," you’ll discover great ways to save energy.

Whales to Windmills: Inventions Inspired by the Sea

• Where: Auditorium
• When: 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m.
• Length: 15 minutes

In this 15-minute live program, you'll learn how whales, sharks, boxfish and other ocean critters are providing inspiration for new inventions that are greening and cleaning up our planet.

Project White Shark

• Where: Auditorium
• When: 12:30 p.m., 4 p.m.
• Length: 15 minutes

Learn about our efforts to better understand the life history of these threatened and fascinating ocean predators, as well as the steps we are taking to tag and exhibit white sharks.

Albatross Encounters

• Where: Kelp Forest Exhibit
• When: 1:30 p.m.
• Length: 15 minutes

Don't miss a chance to see Makana, our beautiful Laysan albatross, up-close. Learn about this amazing bird and the global threats albatross face from plastics pollution. Learn more about Makana.

Mysteries of the Deep

• Where: Auditorium
• When: 11:30 a.m., 2 p.m.
• Length: 15 minutes

Plunge below the cold, dark waters of Monterey Canyon and see amazing deep sea creatures with the help of robot submersibles used by scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. You can ask questions and decide which animals to see—you'll even "join" the expedition via a live link if the ship is on a mission.

You Otter Know

• Where: Auditorium
• When: 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m
• Length: 15 minutes

Have fun, win prizes and learn how to protect sea otters in the wild. In this entertaining live program, we'll choose three contestants from the audience to see who knows the most about sea otters!

Jellies

• Where: Auditorium
• When: 12 p.m., 3:30 p.m.
• Length: 15 minutes

Jellies have been around for 530 million years—learn how they are perfectly adapted to survive and thrive in their ocean homes. You'll have a chance to ask questions and see high-definition footage of these stunning drifters in the wild. You can learn more about these amazing animals online in Jellies: Living Art.

Tagging Predators

• Where: Auditorium
• When: 5 p.m.
• Length: 15 minutes

The lives of tuna, sea turtles, sharks, and other open-ocean animals have long been a mystery to researchers. In this 15-minute film, you'll learn how Monterey Bay scientists are using satellite tags to follow the travels of these animals and identify ways we can help protect them.

Kelp Forest Feeding

• Where: Kelp Forest Exhibit
• When: 11:30 a.m., 4 p.m
• Length: 15 minutes

Watch a diver hand-feed the sharks, fishes and other animals in our Kelp Forest exhibit while you learn about this unique and beautiful undersea world during a live interactive presentation. View our kelp cam for live images of the exhibit.

Penguin Feeding

• Where: Splash Zone Exhibit
• When: 10:30 a.m., 3 p.m.
• Length: 15 minutes

In this live program aimed at our younger visitors, learn how aquarists feed and care for our blackfooted penguin colony and the challenges these animals face in today's world. View our penguin cam for live images of this exhibit.