Aquarium

SeaWorld Orlando

Q: Where is SeaWorld Orlando?

United States. SeaWorld Orlando is an aquarium in the United States. Its coordinates are 28.411° N, 81.463° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, about 77 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at SeaWorld Orlando?

170 species. Citizen-science photos record 170 species at SeaWorld Orlando, including American Flamingo, Bottlenose Dolphin, California Sea Lion, King Penguin and Killer Whale. 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 SeaWorld Orlando in the wild?

American Flamingo: Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve. Some of the animals photographed at SeaWorld Orlando also live in the parks and cities we cover: American Flamingo (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve), Bottlenose Dolphin (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Bahía de Loreto National Park) and California Sea Lion (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Channel Islands National Park).

Q: When did SeaWorld Orlando open and how big is it?

Opened 1973, 46 ha. SeaWorld Orlando, an aquarium in the United States, opened in 1973 and covers about 46 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 170 species are photographed there.

🇺🇸 United States

🐠 Aquarium, United States 170 spp. present

SeaWorld Orlando is an animal theme park located just outside Orlando, Florida. Although separately gated, it is often promoted with neighboring parks Discovery Cove and Aquatica as well as Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, all of which are owned and operated by United Parks & Resorts. In 2022, SeaWorld Orlando hosted an estimated 4.45 million guests, ranking it the 10th-most visited amusement park in the United States. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

28.411° N 81.463° W

🎟️ Visit

Essentials

Entrance

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Tourism

High

Species present

170

species

Opened

1973

Size

Large

Visit

Getting there

seaworldparks.com/en/seaworld-orlando ↗

Who runs it

Owned by: United Parks & Resorts

What visitors say

Take a look at the video below to see the Sesame Street Land area and all of the other sections of SeaWorld Orlando that we explored including the Aquarium and the show at Orca Stadium.

🐠 Animals in captivity

Phoenicopterus ruber

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve+ 10 more parks

Tursiops truncatus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Bahía de Loreto National Park+ 16 more parks

Zalophus californianus

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Channel Islands National Park+ 7 more parks

Aptenodytes patagonicus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

in Table Mountain National Park

Orcinus orca

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Kenai Fjords National Park+ 8 more parks

Stegostoma fasciatum

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Ningaloo Marine Park

Pygoscelis papua

Daily sighting probability —

Not in our parks or cities

Phoca vitulina

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Kenai Fjords National Park+ 13 more parks

Before you go

Where is SeaWorld Orlando?

United States

SeaWorld Orlando is an aquarium in the United States. Its coordinates are 28.411° N, 81.463° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, about 77 km away.

What animals can you see at SeaWorld Orlando?

170 species

Citizen-science photos record 170 species at SeaWorld Orlando, including American Flamingo, Bottlenose Dolphin, California Sea Lion, King Penguin and Killer Whale. 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 SeaWorld Orlando in the wild?

American Flamingo: Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve

Some of the animals photographed at SeaWorld Orlando also live in the parks and cities we cover: American Flamingo (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve), Bottlenose Dolphin (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Bahía de Loreto National Park) and California Sea Lion (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Channel Islands National Park).

When did SeaWorld Orlando open and how big is it?

Opened 1973, 46 ha

SeaWorld Orlando, an aquarium in the United States, opened in 1973 and covers about 46 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 170 species are photographed there.