Top rated Aquaria in San Diego, United States to elevate your visit (Updated March, 2024)

Top rated Aquaria in San Diego

Experience the best that San Diego has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 10 places from Aquarium category.

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Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Aquarium

Interactive tide pools & exhibitions for all things under the sea in an oceanside building.

4.50 (7.2K reviews)

Shark Encounter

Aquarium

👍👍 Entering the venue, I saw many sharks swimming with a very large grouper. The undersea tunnel makes it easier to observe all the fish So special. Will these fish and sharks not be eaten?

4.50 (68 reviews)

SeaWorld San Diego

Theme park

Marine life shows, thrill rides, aquariums & up-close encounters with dolphins, penguins & more.

4.40 (45.8K reviews)

Pet Zone Tropical Fish

Aquarium shop

😠 Do not buy from here. I received 8 fish late. It was due over night, but because of weather it arrived 4 days late. They have not refunded me for my late items. Had to get PayPal involved. Still waiting on an outcome I would’ve been satisfied with just my refund from my fish being dead. But they st...

4.40 (427 reviews)

Penguin Encounter

Aquarium

👍 The Penguins are great. The environment and penguins do seem over crowded and its sticky. The smell was to be expected. They are birds and birds are not very clean. Over all it was nice the out door environment seemed a better captivity. Cleaner less crowded for the animals.

4.40 (62 reviews)

Turtle Reef

Aquarium

👍👍 This is inside Sea World. Turtle reef was really cool for turtle lovers! You enter a building that shows tons of turtles behind glass, swimming with fish. Many of the turtles come close to the glass so you can get good photos with them. They also have a cool gift shop focused on turtles at the exit.

4.40 (33 reviews)

Pet Zone Tropical Fish

Pet store

Pet store with tropical fish & small animals, plus supplies for dogs, cats, birds & more.

4.30 (227 reviews)

Dolphin Encounter

Aquarium

👍👍 Fun way to interact with SeaWorlds dolphins. This is where the dolphin interaction takes place and they have specific times where they let the guests touch the dolphins. These are listed on the back of the map

4.10 (45 reviews)

Shamu Stadium

Aquarium

😠 The Orcas are unwell, do not go.

2.80 (37 reviews)

Aquascape Supply Co.

Aquarium shop

😠 I odered Christmas Moss Vesicularia montagnei, Aquascaping ADA Live Plants from Aquascape via eBay. Unfortunately, I made my purchase as a guest and as a result I was not able to leave a review/feedback on the eBay website. In addition, my order was "non-returnable". Anyway... my order was packag...

2.10 (51 reviews)

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Top rated Aquaria in San Diego, United States