Aquarium

Miami Seaquarium

Q: Where is Miami Seaquarium?

United States. Miami Seaquarium is an aquarium in the United States. Its coordinates are 25.733° N, 80.166° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Everglades National Park, about 88 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Miami Seaquarium?

57 species. Citizen-science photos record 57 species at Miami Seaquarium, including Bottlenose Dolphin, American Flamingo, Killer Whale, African Penguin and Blue-and-yellow Macaw. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Q: Where can you see the animals of Miami Seaquarium in the wild?

Bottlenose Dolphin: Bahía de Loreto National Park. Some of the animals photographed at Miami Seaquarium also live in the parks and cities we cover: Bottlenose Dolphin (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Bahía de Loreto National Park), American Flamingo (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve) and Killer Whale (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kenai Fjords National Park).

Q: When did Miami Seaquarium open?

Opened 1955. Miami Seaquarium, an aquarium in the United States, opened in 1955, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 57 species are photographed there.

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🐠 Aquarium, United States 57 spp. present

The Miami Seaquarium was a 38-acre (15 ha) oceanarium located on the island of Virginia Key in Biscayne Bay, Miami-Dade County, Florida, located near downtown Miami. The seaquarium closed after 70 years of operation on October 12, 2025. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

25.733° N 80.166° W

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Essentials

Entrance

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Tourism

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Species present

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Opened

1955

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Getting there

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What visitors say

🐠 Animals in captivity

Tursiops truncatus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Bahía de Loreto National Park+ 16 more parks

Phoenicopterus ruber

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve+ 10 more parks

Orcinus orca

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Kenai Fjords National Park+ 8 more parks

Spheniscus demersus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

in Table Mountain National Park+ 2 more parks

Ara ararauna

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Emas National Park+ 12 more parks

Phoca vitulina

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Kenai Fjords National Park+ 13 more parks

Zalophus californianus

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Channel Islands National Park+ 7 more parks

Ginglymostoma cirratum

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park+ 1 more park

Before you go

Where is Miami Seaquarium?

United States

Miami Seaquarium is an aquarium in the United States. Its coordinates are 25.733° N, 80.166° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Everglades National Park, about 88 km away.

What animals can you see at Miami Seaquarium?

57 species

Citizen-science photos record 57 species at Miami Seaquarium, including Bottlenose Dolphin, American Flamingo, Killer Whale, African Penguin and Blue-and-yellow Macaw. 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 Miami Seaquarium in the wild?

Bottlenose Dolphin: Bahía de Loreto National Park

Some of the animals photographed at Miami Seaquarium also live in the parks and cities we cover: Bottlenose Dolphin (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Bahía de Loreto National Park), American Flamingo (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve) and Killer Whale (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kenai Fjords National Park).

When did Miami Seaquarium open?

Opened 1955

Miami Seaquarium, an aquarium in the United States, opened in 1955, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 57 species are photographed there.