Nine minutes outside of main part of
La Jolla is the
Birch Aquarium at Scripps. The aquarium is set up in two parts. The one half is a standard aquarium with different types of fish and marine life. The outdoor exhibit includes a shark tank with multiple varieties of small sharks.
The most impressive part is the sea horse exhibit, “There’s Something About Seahorses.” The aquarium has more than a dozen seahorse species as well as seahorse kin, including the very interesting looking sea dragon.
They also are the home of a sea horse nursery. Multiple breeds of baby seahorses are in the nursery on exhibit.
From the overlook terrace of the aquarium, it is an ideal location to relax, take in some sun and do some winter whale watching while the gray whale is in their winter migration to bear their calves in the waters of Baja, Mexico. Watch for their blow or for a tail, known as a fluke.
Birch Aquarium is run by Scripps Institution of Oceanography who also run a
Winter Whale Watching cruise from San Diego’s harbor. See gray whales up close between December and April during their winter migration.
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