Heal the Bay Aquarium

Heal the Bay Aquarium, located under the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles, features hundreds of wonderful marine creatures.

Visit the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium with Go City®

• Pay nothing upon arrival – simply scan your digital pass
• Includes admission to the Santa Monica Pier's Heal the Bay Aquarium
• Your pass also gives you access to many more attractions in LA, so don't forget to check them out too

Visit Santa Monica’s non-profit community aquarium, operated by the environmental organization Heal the Bay, to learn about and see species of sea life that can be found right in Santa Monica Bay.

Santa Monica Pier Aquarium highlights

The Heal the Bay Aquarium features impressive touch tanks that provide an opportunity to get up close to and interact with small sea animals such as starfish, sea urchins, and more while popular shark-themed Sundays always draw a crowd to watch a feeding demonstration and educational presentation at the open-top shark exhibit.

Visitors will learn and appreciate how keeping California ecosystems healthy is important for its economic well-being, while exhibit highlights illustrate the preservation efforts that Santa Monica Pier Aquarium makes, and what the general population can do to help, such as donating to partner organizations such as the aquarium’s own Heal the Bay.