Ocean World

went on a road trip with the family, kids aged 16, 12 and 11. up the coast and we stopped in crescent city. the kids saw this brochure and wanted to go. for the price it was worth the trip.
small place but very small tours and personalized attention. the guides answered questions and it wasn’t very crowded so we could see all the displays.
enjoyable show as well with their sea lion and a great gift shop
worth the stop. very well priced.

Excellent aquarium. Knowledgeable guides who can thoroughly answer questions about the animals on display and in general in the area. The displays have large tanks and a healthy variety of animals. The shark petting experience was excellent and is a great example of who personal the experience is for visitors. The seal show finale was very entertaining and informative. If you are a gift shop person there is a wide variety of products to browse before and after the show.

Wasn’t expecting much walking in but was pleasantly surprised! It’s tour guided (which keeps groups small), the touch tide pool was fun, but highlights were petting the two types of SHARKS and a very cool Seal show! Worth every penny. Don’t judge it by outside appearance.

This was our first stop on our day trip from Southern Oregon. We did not book our large group in advance so there was a bit of a wait but they were nice enough to fit us in and we got our own private tour. We started in the touch tide pool room where we got to touch sea anemone and starfish. We then went down stairs to the aquarium and saw fish, crabs and stingrays. Next is upstairs to touch the tiger sharks. That was pretty cool. There are also some fun photo ops up there as well. After that is the final stop, the sea lion show. Our guide had some trouble at this point. One of the sea lions didn’t want to leave. Finally we got under way and it was really impressive all the tricks they did. I am not big on animals for entertainment. I wish the guide would have told us a little more about the sea lions, how they got them, etc. We were a little rushed at the end because it took so long for the show to start or I would have asked. Our guide did a good job of teaching us about all the sea life we saw. The whole tour was much shorter than I expected but we had a great time and it is still a good deal for the price.

Great for kids, OK for adults too.

Fun time with the kids. Huge gift shop. Seal and sea lion show was the most fun. Kids enjoyed petting sharks. Knowledgeable tour guides.

We go every year. This year was no exception. My kids love the sea lion show and to pet the Sharks. It’s a great exhibit. It’s a little run down but it is a great place to take the kiddos. Inexpensive. And, FUN!

Loved it! Stopped by while passing it on our way south on the 101hwy during our road trip and it was very worth it. Great gift shop with all sorts of fun stuff but best of all was the tour. Our tour guide was very good and told us some very interesting facts about the sea life displayed. The seal show was very awesome. Im very glad we stopped by amd for the price you cant beat it.

I would give this place 3.5 if I could. This would be a decent stop if you have kids, but if you’ve ever been to an actual aquarium this place could be missed. They have a pretty good sea lion show, however, and their staff was good. Honestly, this place felt like an excuse to have a gift shop, and was not worth the money in my opinion.

Very cute little place. The aquarium is by tour only but it seems they happen every 15 minutes or so. The tour guide was very upbeat and informative and seemed to enjoy his job. The sea lion was a great little performer and made the money we paid worth it. It was a great way to spend a few hours. If you can find a discount coupon it would be an even better deal.

I have been wanting to go there with my kids and was not disappointed. The show wasn’t too expensive. The interactive parts were great. Sharks are always fun to pet. The guide knew how to keep it up beat and make it fun. There were good laughs and stuff that I learned while there. My kids had a blast. I will gladly return.

Do it! $ 13 and $ 8 per adult and child, under two years is free. Watch a sea lion and seal show (much smarter than I knew), touch sea stars, anenomies and SHARKS! And, of course, tour the old boat turned aquarium and the gift shop, take pictures in the mouth of a giant great white.
If you want to watch the show twice, go for it! LOTS of reasonably priced gift shop items– get a few things to bring home to your nieces and nephews, we did!
We are from WA and always take the scenic hwy 101 route when we go to CA, should have stopped here sooner and will be stopping again next time.

I am a local so I have been on this tour many times. When I was little this was one of my favorite places. I do not have kids but my friends’ kids all love this place.
My review is mostly for the gift shop because I love it. The staff is always super friendly and helpful. There are few places to shop in Crescent City but Ocean World is actually a great place to buy a variety of things such as home décor, jewelry and gag gifts. I love this store and the staff is amazing.

Came here today with my kids. Staff was very friendly during the tour and was able to answer all of our crazy questions about the marine life. The kids had such a great time petting the sea stars and sharks. The seal and sea lion show were great and the Gift Shop was amazing! Its actually worth the stop to check out the gift shop even if you don’t have time for the tour. Lots of creative gifts in every price range. We will definitely be back! This is a great place for some interactive fun in Crescent City!

We stopped in to see some of the local attractions while on vacation. It is a bit on the small side, they need more stuff in the touch tank… BUT having said that, we got a coupon from our hotel (a brochure) and got 10% off the tour. Which made it about $ 17 for the two of us. Not too bad. We got to pet some really friendly sharks, one little guy actually loved the attention! We got to see some stingrays, seals, and sea lions, more sharks and some other neat fish.
The seal/​sea lion show was a small affair but very cute and funny! Their animals are friendly and adorable! Would recommend to couples and families who love animals!

Stopped on our way back from Oregon so we could get out of the car and stretch our legs. Gift shop is really more like a chinsy tourist type place where you can buy cheezy coffee mugs, flash light and other cheezy tourist crap.
The tour on the other hand was kinda cool. Very very small but showcases many different species of rock fish, a few small non aggressive shark species, sturgeon, strippers, perch, 2 big ugly wolf eels, and 3 California sea lions and a couple harbor seals (which all have really cool stories as to how they made it into captivity), Cora the Sea Lion is from Germany!, and a small hands on tide pool!
Our Tour Guide’s bame was Ryan and he did a very good thorough job. He was very Knowledgeable and was great with the kids who took the tour as well!
It was a nice stop!

Had a great time with the family at Ocean World. While small, the staff were all friendly & helpful, the tour guide was very knowledgeable, there was a. variety of sea life to experience including a hands on tidepool, a tank to touch sharks, and ended with a harbor seal and sealing show!

Pros:
–Sea Lion show– they are trained well and are absolutely adorable and rather funny. I was in stitches at the antics of these sea lions.
–Touch opportunities– got to touch a shark multiple times. Tours were intimate so there was plenty of room around the touch areas. The sharks actually seemed to enjoy the touch. In fact, one of them would stop and let you pet her like a dog would. Very neat.
–Tour guide was knowledgeable
Cons:
–Touch tide pool didn’t have a lot of diversity and seemed a little barren
Neat little place that had some things to see. Kind of interesting to see an aquarium in Crescent City. At first I though I would be concerned about the conditions the animals lived in,. but I was very surprised. Everything was very clean. While it wasn’t the most diverse or exciting of places, things were taken care of and animals were in good condition. Also, I really appreciated that the majority of the exhibits were left as they were before the sides were enclosed. All the water was ocean water, all the substrate of the «tanks» was natural of what used to be in the pier before there was an enclosure area built.
Sea lions had a really nice area and were actually very content looking. They swam around and one of them was porpoising a lot like you would see in the wild. I was very surprised at how great the sea lion enclosure was. Also, they are well trained and entertained during the day.
It was fun and inexpensive. Something like $ 8 per person. There is a huge randomly filled gift shop, which I’m sure helps to pay the staff and keep costs down for visitors.

Awesome place to stop with children. We had 2 with us and they both loved the attractions. Gift shop was lovely. It had a bit of everything and prices ranged from 50 cents on up so anyone can afford something from the shop. Nice place and very memorable. Get the grab bag. My son got a bit stuffed animal from it and it made his day!

UNDERWATER WILDLIFE
We had such a great time stopping at this border city’s touristy aquarium. We had seen fliers for this place along our drive and it wasn’t much past the Trees of Mystery, which we had planned to be our north-​most stop. So glad we drove further North!
The two of us paid $ 18 including a small discount from a hotel brochure. What a deal! Especially for all the cute pictures we took here! A friendly employee gave a small group a tour of the place and we were able to hold and interact with sea creatures like star fish. We watched fish and crabs and sting rays and learned about the different between sea scallops and bay scallops. We even pet sharks and watched a cute marine mammal show. Cora was a cute performer!
All in all we thought the staff were wonderful and the value was really worth the stop. Had a great time. Even the gift store was really fun to look through. Lots to see! Glad that they were on summer hours already because they’re open late and we were afraid we’d miss the last tour.