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

Top rated Aquaria in San Francisco

Experience the best that San Francisco 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 13 places from Aquarium category.

Sort results by

Best

Top rated

Most reviewed

Hidden gems

Worst rated

Recently discovered

🆕

Search radius

1 km 2 km 5 km 10 km 30 km 50 km 100 km 250 km

Within San Francisco

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Aquarium

Well-known aquarium on a rocky coastline with exhibits ranging from otter habitats to touch pools.

4.70 (38.2K reviews) (~136.99 km from centre)

Seymour Marine Discovery Center

Science museum

Interactive marine science museum & aquarium, with hands-on exhibits, a touch pool & a gift shop.

4.70 (1K reviews) (~97.44 km from centre)

Aquatic Collection

Tropical fish store

This store selling saltwater aquarium supplies boasts a wide coral selection plus tropical fish.

4.70 (382 reviews) (~30.28 km from centre)

Your Reef Aquarium

Tropical fish store

👍👍 Purchased from the online store. Large selection of corals at reasonable prices. Purchased 10 pack of Zoa frags along with a handful of other corals. Super impressed on how fast the order was filled. Placed the order early Tuesday morning and had the corals at my door at 10am on Wednesday! Packaged...

4.70 (143 reviews) (~143.98 km from centre)

California Academy of Sciences

Science museum

Natural history museum with an aquarium, planetarium & scientists conducting a variety of research.

$$$ $

4.60 (5K reviews) (~4.19 km from centre)

Neptune Aquatics

Tropical fish store

Fish store carrying a wide range of livestock, plus tanks, additives, accessories & plumbing.

4.60 (696 reviews) (~65.12 km from centre)

Violet Aquarium LLC

Aquarium shop

👍👍 Violet Aquarium's new location is a solid LFS. They have loads of tanks stocked with most of the corals, fish, and inverts a reefer might be looking for. Even some high-end stuff. Check out my pictures. They also stock common and mid range priced frags which is where I like to stick to. I would say...

4.60 (217 reviews) (~64.68 km from centre)

Steinhart Aquarium

Aquarium

😠 It looks like a great place to visit but sadly just found out you have to be vaccinated in order to enter. I understand COVID is contagious but it's a norm now. Just take precautions and wear mask. Vaccinated or not both individual can still get COVID. I will go somewhere else where Im not judge by...

4.60 (86 reviews) (~4.2 km from centre)

SeaQuest Folsom

Aquarium

Up-close encounters & feeding sessions in a zoo home to stingrays, capybaras & two-toed sloths.

4.50 (5.3K reviews) (~149.22 km from centre)

Splash Aquarium

Aquarium shop

😠 Everytime i buy tetras from this shop, 90% of them die in the next 3 to 4 days. I already have 30 neon tetras in my tank and they are all doing fine for year. Temp and water are fine. I dont want to leave a bad review but this is the 3rd time.

4.50 (621 reviews) (~118.59 km from centre)

Shark Experience

Aquarium

👍👍 This place is awesome! They have five species of shark, all tropical. I was able to find at least fifteen of them! Most of them are bottom dwelling. The starry pufferfish seemed to be having fun getting his picture taken! If you want a memorable educational experience for you and your family, I high...

4.40 (66 reviews) (~42.95 km from centre)

Aquarium of the Bay

Aquarium

Aquarium with creatures from local waters, including otters, sharks & jellyfish, plus a touch tank.

4.20 (5.2K reviews) (~3.42 km from centre)

Monterey Surf Inn Downtown

Hotel

Pared-back rooms, some with whirlpool tubs, in a motor inn offering free Wi-Fi & an outdoor pool.

$74/night

3.60 (612 reviews) (~140.23 km from centre)

Tip: Click on the rating to open it on Google Maps

Top rated Aquaria in San Francisco, United States