Marine Science Center Ponce Inlet FL Reviews

Impressive exhibits for such a small place with cheap admission

For $5 I think it was they give you the little mini tour of the place and it is so cool.

Really cool place with a great cause. Seeing a live owl was a real one of a kind experience - at least for me. I liked that the exhibits were all rescued native wildlife. I also really enjoyed the people that run the place, knowledgeable and kind. I would very much recommend visiting this place if you are in Daytona.

This is a great place to take visitors to the area! The children love to pet the manta ray, and the Turtles are always good for a show! The red-tailed hawk is quite a sight as we see one near our house quite often. The volunteers that work there are very helpful and knowledgeable. In general, we add it to our out of town guests trip!

they are helping wild life. And they do presentations with live animals. Petting sting ray exhibit.

Learned alot about sea turtles and about the harmful impact our garbage has on life. Recommend

Our kids had a blast here (8 and 10) leaning about the sea life and birds of prey. Everyone was friendly and knowledgeable but Chad, in particular, made this a trip to remember!

Great job of helping the Sea wildlife and the birds. I loved seeing them all!

Nice fun place for kids to learn. Staff is nice and very knowledgeable, and work for a good cause. Came for the turtles but the pufferfish stole the show.

Great place to take the kids. Hands on learning, rehabilitation of turtles and seabirds.

Cute place to leave about Florida wildlife and rehabilitation on sea turtles. Nice gift shop, and they are expanding the aviary currently.

Small place.
Close to the beach; you can enjoy the beach and then go and visit the marine center.
Restroom and free parking.

Great place to visit. My grandchildren ask to go every time the visit.
Something new every time.

When I found out that there was a marine center near where we were staying I knew I had to go since one day I would love to be a marine rehabber.

This center was so nice. They have a touch pool for their rays, loads of tanks, and turtle pools. When we went there weren't any turtles, which I would have loved to have seen, but it was good that there weren't any that needed rehab. They also have a bird sanctuary which was nice to see.

They have a gift shop as well and sell jewelry, magnets, and toys (among other things). I definitely want to go back when we return.

Love what they are doing here. Price point is respectable too.

Loved learning about birds and petting the rays. The kids enjoyed every aspect

A small educational attraction but thoroughly enjoyable.

You could get up close and personal with the marine life.

We had fun and it was educational. The staff was friendly and able to answer our questions. We especially enjoyed the lecture about sea turtles and petting the rays. We will go back.

This place is cool. A small marine wildlife rehab and educational center. Great place for a quick visit with a small touchtank, a few aquarium displays and sea turtle hospital. A must see in the area.

Wonderful place 2 learn about florida eco system. Price very reasonable. Staff friendly.

Good spot. Small location with lots packed in. Reasonable prices. Good way to spend a few hours.

Nice small science center. Reasonably priced and kid friendly. Good exhibits.

The staff was so nice and friendly. My 4 year old son had a great time meeting and touching the sting rays. The staff told us about each sting ray's individual personality which was cool to see. Grace is the most friendly and outgoing one. There weren't a lot of exhibits but enough to keep him entertained for about an hour. Watching them feed the large eel was pretty cool too. Best to go during their feeding times(eel and sting rays). You should call ahead to find out the feeding times. We went around 11am on a Saturday.

Great visit for all ages, wonderful glimpse of Florida's living creatures.

This is a small, But Mighty little facility. It's not a big aquarium by any means, but it has some of the most passionate people working there. Definitely make sure you check out the demonstrations and feedings. Even though I feel like I know a lot about Wildlife, I learned a whole lot more while listening to the presentations. Don't feel afraid to ask questions, for they truly answer them with such joy and excitement for knowledge and learning. Make sure you bring money for the gift shop, too! It's small but holds a make sure you bring money for the gift shop, too! It's small well curated and there is something for everyone!

We didnt see any turtles not sure why. Its very small. What I did like was the stingray encounters

Great place for kids and adults love seeing the baby turtles

Great place to bring the grandkids when they are visiting. Fun and educational at the same time.

This was a very nice experience. A great place to take the family

Took my grandson and we all had a great time. We fed stingarays in a pool, saw live seahorses and other marine life. Down the boardwalk is an exhibit of differant kinds of wildbirds. Makes a nice day trip.

Amazing! You can pet a sting ray, and if you're lucky you get to feed them too. My daughter loved it and we got to pet a snake and not only fun but educational. Lots of photo worthy opportunities! Highly recommend it.

Amazing place to check out! There is a little fee once you enter, but it's really not much. Very small but for its size you can learn a lot. Plus the specialists have feeding times to let people check out said animals and their eating habits. Overall I strongly recommend a visit.

Touch pool is excellent, just hope you don't get caught up in a school trip

What a gem. Fantastic place. The venue may be small but it has a lot to offer. Really enjoyed the educational aspect. The displays were first class. The Staff were awesome ! Definitely will return.

I wish there was more to it, but my kids loved it anyway.

Don't let smaller size and low key atmosphere fool you. This is a real gem. Plan to spend about 90 minutes. Only $5 admission cheaper for seniors kids etc. Just the right amount of info signage. Great work by uf researcher there too.

We visit every summer to see this place - very lovely!

Really nice rehab facility, the people are very nice and informative. The turtles are well cared for.

Short visitation place but we have fun ... I loved ...

The staff and volunteers are wonderful! They enjoy teaching on the few exhibits that were available. I must say this museum is VERY SMALL, with about 7 different displays/tanks of marine life (i.e. artificial reefs, Sting ray tank, small sea turtle tank, 3 large tanks of various fish and eel) all in a large room. The Sting Ray tank where they allow you to touch the sting rays were a hit with my 2 year old and the opportunity to touch a non-venomous snake as well.

The enclosed outside boardwalk; has an area where you can view the Sea Turtle Rehabilitation project and see a few gigantic sea turtles. Unfortunately, there was not much information displayed on how they caught or found the individual turtles or anyone to speak about that area (when I visited).

The Bird Sanctuary was good--once again a small area. However, I did love the 2 American Bald Eagles they had and 3 hawks, 3 various owls. A small, but interesting display of amazing birds.

The cost of admission really is like giving them a donation. It's so cheap, only $5 for an adult and I believe $2 for children. Was it worth the money? Yes!

Educational, fun, unique. Great for adults and children.

They are so friendly, and my family and I loved the visit!!! We hardly wanted to leave. Bought a bunch of goodies at the gift shop.

We go to Florida every summer from Pennsylvania and my kids & I always make a stop here. My kids are now 10 & 12 and still look forward to it! We LOVE the marine science center! We will be there in less than a month :)

Our homeschooling family loves this place! Staff is knowledgeable and good variety of marine life and birds.

We came in at 3:30 PM today, a very miserable rainy day. At 3:45 we were told by a worker that they were closing in 15 minutes and we should head to the bird sanctuary if we wanted to see the birds. When we got there at 3:50 the gate was locked.

Nice & interesting. The workers were very friendly & accommodating for a birthday party for a 4 year old celebrant. Both children and adults enjoyed the visit.

Walking up to the door you get to see some of what's inside, once you get to the counter to pay we found out that they are only charging$2 per person since they are renovating.

It's small but really neat inside, they have a classroom with some amazing things, there's several nice size fish aquariums with fish that you don't see in other places.

One of the neatest items they have is a really big, with a lot of detail, mosquito. The turtle area is really neat to watch how they have rescued and rehabilitated all of them.

It will worth the little bit of money.

Love the place especially seeing my kids enjoying the place

Such a cool little place! We really enjoyed petting the stingrays. Also, with assistance from staff, being able to hold or touch some of the other critters. Thanks for the good memories!

Very cool place to take your children. Touch tank was awesome.

It's a great experience seeing the ocean animals up close

Great place for the kids. It's cheap and great habitats for the kids.

We went here with our 4 year old and 1.5 year old boys. They were entertained for a few hours which is a long time for them. The exhibits were neat and informative and the staff were really great. I think we definitely got our moneys worth!

What an awesome experience! I was so surprised to see all the sea life that they had there! Went with grandkids and we'll buy a season pass because it's so great! The staff is phenomenal!!!! So friendly sms informative. They really know their stuff. I'm so elated to have this wonderful place I this stress. BRAVO!!! Petting and feeding stingrays, petting a snake, seeing a red hawk and it's right in the room. So educational. All I can say it's wow!

My fiance and I really enjoyed our visit. The staff were nice and knowledgeable. The exhibits were well kept. It was really cool to see the animals they have rescued. We also enjoyed the observation tower, the view was beautiful and you can see the lighthouse.

Petting sting rays was a nice experience for my family. It was surprisingly crowded but would definetly go again. Parking leaves a lot to be desired on busy days

They seem to be doing a lot of good here at the Marine Science Center!! Just not a lot to see and do here at least for a 1.5 year old!

I LOVE IT!!!!! THERE'S SO MUCH TO SEE!!! IT'S SO FUN!!!!