Open Sundays

Now Open Every Sunday Except Christmas Eve

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We're open Every Sunday from 10am to 3pm all year round. Our Sunday Open Day is a great opportunity for everyone to have a look at what's happening inside the Bait House and share a special experience with family and friends. There's always something new to see inside the Bait House Aquarium.

All our marine life is from the Wellington region. Octopuses, Seahorses, Blue Cod, and loads more are always on display.

Our most popular destination is our "Touch Gently Pool" where visitors of all ages have a chance to gently hold some of the marine animals in our care.

Open Sundays are also an opportunity for children to show their parents what they've been learning during their class visits to the Island Bay Marine Education Centre. Visits to our Bait House Aquarium are hosted by expert Marine Biologists and knowledgeable and dedicated volunteers to help visitors learn more about the marine life they're seeing.

Entry:
Child: $5
Adult: $10

Nice little place they have down there by the water. Good place to go for a quick and fun outing. Interesting seeing all the various types of marine life they have in one building.

Archie

The Island Bay Marine Education Centre's Bait House Aquarium is an interactive marine experience based in Island Bay on Wellington's south coast.There are lots of different sea creatures on display including a couple of octupuses, sea horses, lobsters to name a few. You can also gently touch and handle starfish, sea cucumbers, sea anemones, crabs and other sea life found in the local rock pools outside.There's far more inside than you would expect. The volunteers and expert staff are very friendly and helpful. It is really reasonably priced and we were all entertained for ages. Really good fun and educational too. Definitely worth checking out with the family.

Haydn