Conservation at SEA LIFE Benalmádena
Join us in our mission
To invite everyone to discover the joy of the ocean, inspiring them to protect its future.
Through immersive experiences and engaging storytelling across our global network of aquariums, and guided by our three conservation pillars: Rescue, Restore, Protect, we commit to safeguarding the ocean in collaboration with our partners, such as the SEA LIFE Trust.
Our charity, SEA LIFE Trust
Together, we do amazing conservation work. Find out more and see how you can make a difference.
Beluga Whale Santuary, a world-first!
From Shanghai to Iceland, this is a ground-breaking project providing formerly captive beluga whales a safe and more natural home.
Rescue, Restore, Protect
Our conservation programme consists of a system of care and best-practise animal husbandry that draws on decades of collective experience from our marine biologists.
Worldwide Beach Cleans
Team up with our passionate staff and join one of our beach cleans, helping to raise awareness about plastic pollution, keeping our beaches clean and...did we mention they´re fun too?
Observation and Conservation of the Nursehound (Scyliorhinus stellaris)
This project focuses on the detailed study of embryonic development and growth of the nursehound shark. By maintaining these specimens under expert care, we generate a biological data bank that would be impossible to obtain in the natural environment, allowing us to respond with greater knowledge to the threats the species faces in the wild.
Monitoring and Conservation of Marine Phanerogam Meadows
This project, carried out in collaboration with the University of Málaga and ProDunas, focuses on the study and protection of the “forests of the sea” along our local coastline. Our work not only safeguards marine animals (such as the nursehound), but also helps restore their “homes” (Posidonia seagrass), thus closing the loop of comprehensive marine conservation.
Smart Buoy
We are proud to collaborate with a group of passionate students who love protecting and caring for the oceans as much as we do. Get to know them and their project — you’ll love it!
Local Beach Clean
Our conservation charity, the Sea Life Trust, has organized its largest beach clean-up mission to date. As every year, all our SEA LIFE centres around the world take part in this initiative, which aims to raise awareness of the need to protect our beaches and oceans from waste. It is estimated that 8 million tonnes of plastic waste — including cigarette butts, bags and water bottles, straws, bicycle parts and pieces of welding material — enter the world’s oceans every year.
