Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea

A cute little aquarium with helpful staff! The aquarium is quite small and admission is on the more expensive side but it’s fun to walk through and see what they have!

Went here for my birthday this year. Had lovely time, the staff/ volunteers were so friendly and warm. Lots of variety of things to see and we loved the touch tanks with the sea cucumbers, anemones and the sea stars. Definitely recommend for anyone visiting the area.

Great small aquarium with local species, informative signs, helpful guides and touch tanks. Would highly recommend to visit if you are in the area and for all ages. Cute little gift shop as well!

Special thanks to Roman for teaching us so many cool things about urchins at the touch pool.

A nice place to visit with kids. Very educational, helping you appreciate the richness of our oceans.

My partner loves aquariums so when I picked him up from the Ferry, that’s the first thing he wanted to do. It’s very cute and intimate. Aby was wonderful and she told us all about the differences between sea otters and river otters, and then she later told us more about the octopus and how messy of an eater she is! Overall loved it and had a great time!

So family friendly, loved that it was quite spacious and even though it was busy I could see my toddler and let her explore on her own. The volunteers are wonderful, loved that there was an area to play some games and read a book after going through the aquarium.

Really cool! They have lots of very interesting and beautiful sea-life, and knowledgeable volunteers. The touch tanks where my favourite, where you can touch starfish and sea urchins!

Went here just recently with family friends son, if your interested in science, and marine life it's really great! A bit pricey but worth it to see the unique sea life, and learn about the native inhabitants of the Salish sea. Really great staff members, especially the young man we got to talk to about the grey whale skull they have on display. Only reason I won't give it 5 stars is because it was rather small, still took me about 45 to take all the exhibits in, and read all the info boards, but it'd be nice to see more then just one little room and then a touch tank. Would definitely go back if they got some more exhibits in the future!