Our Kelp Forest Feeding Program is a good time to spot a wolf eel. It spends most of its time with its long, slender body tucked between the rocks.
This three-story exhibit presents a diver's-eye view of a dynamic towering kelp forest.
Divers hand-feed fishes daily at our Kelp Forest feeding show at 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Don't miss the colorful male sheepheadhis big buckteeth are used for crunching lunch.
Gentle touching is encouraged in the Kelp Lab. Feel the bumpy turkish towel seaweed or a feather boa kelp.
You might spot a shy horn shark wedged under a ledge.
Each towering kelp plant is like an apartment building, sheltering a host of fishes, crabs and other creatures.
The graceful wolf-eel emerges at feeding time to gulp some squid or fish.
Our volunteer divers "do windows" from the inside out.
Visit the second floor to find the unusual melibe. To feed, a melibe firmly attaches itself to a kelp blade and then sweeps its raised hood downward.
Sardines, leopard sharks and a host of other fishes weave among the fronds of kelp, which grow up to four inches a day.
The longer you look, the more life you'll find hidden in the forest, like this beautiful sunflower star.