News and Events

The glass on the outside of our aquariums get cleaned everyday... but every now and then the inside also has to be polished. On the picture aquarist Niels has to do the job in a tropical aquarium.....

The results of the ZooSite Awards have been made public and with 33% of the votes Sea Life has won the award of 'most special birth' with Titulus, our baby black tip reef shark.
Titulus can be seen in our ocean tank, he swims in a special made cage. Shielded by this cage Titulus can slowly and safely adjust to swimming in the ocean tank and the other animals.
We want to thank everyone for voting!

The black tip reef shark baby that was born in October last year is back in his old aquarium, the Ocean tank. After 5 months in quarantine the baby shark finally could swim among the other sharks. Shielded by a cage the shark can slowly and safely adjust to swimming in the ocean tank and the other animals. We named the shark Titulus, which means proud. Titulus is a male shark and in a couple of weeks the animal keepers expect to release the shark from his cage so he can really swim with the other sharks.

All the starfish of our new exhibition have arrived today ! A dazzling collection of all shapes, sizes and colours:
Red knobbed starfish, chocalate chip, sunflower starfish and many more.
This star-sprangled spectacle can be seen until 5th January 2014.

The Sea Life otters Sien & Saar are surprised to see snow in their enclosure......

Our otters were served a stuffed chicken as an early Christmas treat. The chicked was stuffed with nuts, horsemeat and decorated with cranberries and a artemia sauce..... On 26th Dec at 11am they will get a second Christmas meal.

We are delighted to announce the birth of lots of bigbellied seahorse babies. They are doing well and on display. Dad is the one giving birth to the babies...

For the first time in Scheveningen history… our black tip reef shark gave birth to two baby sharks. The pregnancy of a blacktip can take up to 16 months. The aquarists were happily surprised when monday morning two small sharks were swimming in the tropical tunnel. They will hopefully survive the first couple of days and start eating soon..These babysharks fit nicely into our Breed rescue and protect programme.

The permit, that was requested on the 21st of January 2012, for the release of the stranded Kemps Ridley see turtle Flip has been given. The US government (Fish & Wildlife Services) provided SEA LIFE Scheveningen with this necessary permit last Monday. Because of this US import permit, SEA LIFE Scheveningen can now request the Dutch government for an export permit which is needed for the transport of Flip to the United States where she will be released.
Learn more about Flip

In this picture they receive their award. With over 25% of the votes, the otter enclosure of Sea Life Scheveningen was a clear winner in the Zoo contest. (photo: Inge Reiffers-ZooSite).

The contest lasts till May 14th 2012. More info on how to win this cool remote controlled balloon can be found on our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/sealifescheveningen

The two lady otters Sien and Saartje are celebrating their one-year anniversary in their habitat at SEA LIFE Scheveningen. This beautiful otterhabitat, with waterfall and separate bedroom, was opened in April 2011.

This wonderful occasion was celebrated with a nice cake that contains ice, fish, nuts and pieces of meat. We train them daily so they can get used to the aquarists. They eat 15% of their body-weight daily. They eat just like squirrels do, with their frontpaws.

short film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s1zb-O5Cns&feature=playerembedded

This otterhabitat is also nominated by a Zoo fansite for most beautiful habitat in a Dutch zoo.

Saturday March 24 & Sunday 25th 2012
at 12 o´clock there is a beach clean up in cooperation with Surfriders Foundation

Volunteers wanted!

Please sign up and help clean up the beach: http://bit.ly/yEq7wt
or simply show up that weekend at 12 o´clock:

Saturday 24th March at 12 pm : at the entrance of SEA LIFE building (Strandweg 13)
Sunday 25th March at 12 pm: in front of Heart Beach Surf school (Noorderstrand, Strandweg 3b)

On Saturday March 3rd, a baby ray was born.

The name of the ray is "Werner". He is being fed with tiny pieces of squid.

The rays at Sea Life Scheveningen are being fed 4 times a week...at 2pm
Here is some nice footage of the eating session : http://on.fb.me/wfCAOj

All the monsters have arrived.... a very dangerous stonefish, 1 scorpionfish, 4 moray eels, 2 spider crabs, 2 monk fish and a 1,7 kg isopod !!! Come and meet them now if you dare.....

Past weekend a black & white striped bamboo shark was born in Sea Life scheveningen. The aquarists called him "Panda".

In 6 new tanks, our new exhibition brings together some of the scariest-looking creatures of the deep: beasts from the ice depths that resemble giant insects, slimy and slithering things and monsters that look like they have escaped from Sci-Fi monster movies or ancient myth and legend.

Flip the stranded seaturtle who was found on the beach in Monster... was brought to Sea Life Scheveningen for recovery. He was injured and in shock but we can hopefully strenghten him and bring him back to where he belongs... Mexcio. It´s a miracle that he survived this trip since the water is much colder over here.
The turtle can´t be visited by visitors since we want to offer him a quiet & private recovery. However he can be seen on the "flipcam" on the website of TV West between 9.00 - 17.00 hrs.
http://www.westonline.nl/flip-cam

The two turtles form SEA LIFE Scheveningen had there annual medical check up.
4 aquarists, a diver and a veterinarian were needed to carry the heavy turtles from the ocean tunnel.
Turtle “Bert” now weighs 49,5 kilo and gained 16,7 kilo since their arrival in 2006.
Turtle Ernie now weighs 71,5 kilo and gained 38,7 kilo since their arrival in 2006
We finally know the gender of turtle Ernie… it´s a boy !!
The gender of the other turtle will be announced when blood samples are back in.
SEA LIFE Scheveningen is happy with the healthy toddlers

Since monday July 25th SEA LIFE has welcomed a new fish, a 90cm Napoleon Wrasse.
Lodewijk had to spent 4 days in a specially designed underwatercage so the other animals like sharks and turtles could get used to him.