Birch Aquarium at Scripps

Facility is a component of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD. More than 60 tanks contain marine life of Pacific Northwest, California coastline, Mexico's Sea of Cortés, and South Pacific. The La Jolla Kelp Tank is a two-story-high tank with giant kelp plants and nearly 30 species of local marine life.

Open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily from July 1-August 31. During extended hours, all exhibits and hands-on activities — including a touch pool exhibit where guests can touch juvenile sharks — remain open, and guests can also explore a 600-gallon cylindrical Moon Jelly experience in the Hall of Fishes.