Sitting on a bluff that overlooks the Pacific Ocea...

Sitting on a bluff that overlooks the Pacific Ocean, Birch Aquarium at Scripps is the public exploration center for the world-renowned Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. It features over 60 habitats of fishes and invertebrates, from the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest to the tropical waters of Mexico. The oceanographic museum also includes five dozen interactive elements and exhibits research discoveries by Scripps scientists on climate, earth, and ocean science. More than 400,000 people visit Birch Aquarium at Scripps every year to enjoy the numerous tanks of fishes and invertebrates, the 70,000-gallon kelp forest, the interactive exhibits, the living hands-on tide pools, and the 13,000-gallon shark reef tank as well as the incredible view of the coastal bluffs.