Aquarium
Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium
🇳🇿 New Zealand
🐠 Aquarium, New Zealand 72 spp. present
Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium (formerly Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World) is a public aquarium opened on 25 January 1985 in Auckland, New Zealand. Located at 23 Tamaki Drive, it was the brainchild of New Zealand marine archaeologist and diver Kelly Tarlton (1937–1985). Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
36.846° S 174.817° E
🎟️ Visit
Essentials
Entrance
Paid
Tourism
High
Species present
72
speciesOpened
1985
Size
Small
Visit
Opening hours
Every day, Public holidays · 9:30–17:00
Getting there
- Address
- 23 Tamaki Drive
Who runs it
- Founded by
- Kelvin Ewart Tarlton
What visitors say
🐠 Animals in captivity
Sand Tiger Shark
Carcharias taurus
LC
Gentoo Penguin
Pygoscelis papua
Broadnose Sevengill Shark
Notorynchus cepedianus
Before you go
Where is Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium?
Auckland, New Zealand
Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium is an aquarium in Auckland, New Zealand, at 23 Tamaki Drive. Its coordinates are 36.846° S, 174.817° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Egmont National Park, about 281 km away.
What animals can you see at Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium?
72 species
Citizen-science photos record 72 species at Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium, including Short-tail Stingray, King Penguin, Sand Tiger Shark, Southern Eagle Ray and Gentoo Penguin. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.
Where can you see the animals of Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium in the wild?
Short-tail Stingray: Rottnest Island
Some of the animals photographed at Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium also live in the parks and cities we cover: Short-tail Stingray (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Rottnest Island), Southern Eagle Ray (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Rottnest Island) and Little Penguin (about 30% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Egmont National Park).
Does Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium charge an entrance fee?
Yes, it is paid
The open map data for Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium lists it as a paid-entry attraction. It does not include ticket prices or any change since it was last edited, so check the official website before you go.
When is Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium open?
Every day, Public holidays · 9:30–17:00
According to its open map listing, Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium is open Every day, Public holidays · 9:30–17:00. Opening hours change with the season and on public holidays, so confirm them on the official website before you travel.
When did Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium open and how big is it?
Opened 1985, 1.0 ha
Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium, an aquarium in Auckland, New Zealand, opened in 1985 and covers about 1.0 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 72 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · the centre's official website