Monterey Bay Aquarium

[ctbear]

Hi Northcal folks. I'll be making a trip up north from LA to SF and plan to make a stop at this famous aquarium. Any suggestions? Locations/promos to purchase the tickets at a good price? Thanks.



PS...planning to do some fishing up north too :wavehand:

 

[dknydiep]

When are you heading up? I have tickets available for half price.

 

[ctbear]

When are you heading up? I have tickets available for half price.

That sounds awesome! PM sent. I will be heading up Sunday 6/18/17 and leaving Wednesday 6/21/17 so probably thinking about checking out the aquarium Monday or Tuesday.

 

[corallover00]

Do you need any suggestions for LFS?

 

[ctbear]

Do you need any suggestions for LFS?

Sure. Wouldn't mind checking out the stores around here.

 

[Mr2KiEu]

Check out the Steinhart Aquarium in SF at Golden Gate Park if you have time. I personally think it is better.

 

[SpottedMoocow]

Check out the Steinhart Aquarium in SF at Golden Gate Park if you have time. I personally think it is better.

Depends on what you're looking for. Monterey has the best jelly fish displays you will ever see and some seriously large octopuses. Great fish displays. What they do lack is large coral reef tanks. Steinhart does do a better job of this in that respect.

 

[WLachnit]

Yes it does depend. Monterey has a fantastic kelp forest display as well as one of the largest pelagic fish display.


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[corallover00]

For LFS I liked Neptune @San Jose if you come along 101 and if you visit East Bay I liked Aquatic Collection @Hayward. GL.

 

[ctbear]

Thanks a lot to dknydiep for the tickets and everyone for the suggestions. I ended up going to both Steinhart Aquarium and the Monterrey Bay Aquarium. It was a phenomenal experience. The "tentacles" exhibit at the Monterrey Bay was mesmerizing, along with that ginormous Open Ocean display. I also got a chance to talk to a lead scientist at Steinhart as they were unboxing 30 huge boxes full of SPS Frags fresh from Fiji! Had a short chat with him before security kicked me out since it was closing time. All those beautiful Rock fishes I saw at the aquariums got me hungry - too bad my fishing attempts were all a failure.

 

[WLachnit]

Thanks a lot to dknydiep for the tickets and everyone for the suggestions. I ended up going to both Steinhart Aquarium and the Monterrey Bay Aquarium. It was a phenomenal experience. The "tentacles" exhibit at the Monterrey Bay was mesmerizing, along with that ginormous Open Ocean display. I also got a chance to talk to a lead scientist at Steinhart as they were unboxing 30 huge boxes full of SPS Frags fresh from Fiji! Had a short chat with him before security kicked me out since it was closing time. All those beautiful Rock fishes I saw at the aquariums got me hungry - too bad my fishing attempts were all a failure.

Sounds like a great experience.

 

[ctbear]

Sounds like a great experience.

It was a lot of fun. Next time I hope to have my PADI open water diving cert so I can truly experience those kelp forests first hand.

 

[WLachnit]

I've been in the Bay Area most of my life and have yet to go diving in Monterey Bay. Too cold, but everyone I know says it's worth the experience.