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Our Amazing Animals

SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium is home to thousands of mesmorising marine creatures, right in the heart of Melbourne's CBD! There's no better Melbourne attraction to spend the day.

You'll spend hours exploring our underwater exhibits across 12 themed zones from shark spotting at Shipwreck Explorer to watching our cheeky penguins dive into the water at Penguin PlaygroundDiscover more about the underwater animals you'll find at SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium, click the images below.

King and Gentoo Penguins

Watch our King and Gentoo Penguin species interact, slip, slide and swim around!

SEA LIFE, Penguin Playground

Jellyfish

Descend into the mysteriously fascinating world of jellyfish

SEA LIFE, Ocean Invaders

Sharks

While our 2.2 million litre Oceanarium undergoes renovations, some of the incredible marine creatures – including tawny nurse sharks, speartooth sharks, leopard sharks, sawfish, smooth rays and eagle rays – will not be visible to our guests. These large sharks and rays will be back to inspire our guests when the Oceanarium reopens in December 2023. Rest assured, you can still see some incredible sharks and rays at SEA LIFE Melbourne! You can find Port Jackson sharks and fiddler rays in Bay of Rays and a range of carpet sharks in Coral Atoll.

SEA LIFE, Bay of Rays

Melbourne's Mega Crocodile

Come fact to face with one of Australia's biggest crocodiles!

SEA LIFE, Crocodile Lair

Seahorses and Relatives

Discover our seahorse species and their relatives

SEA LIFE, Seahorse Pier

Sea Stars (AKA Starfish)

Discover these brainless creatures

SEA LIFE, Mangroves and Rockpools

Tropical Reef Fish

Meet our Clownfish, Blue Tangs and Lion Fish!

SEA LIFE, Coral Atoll

Ocean Fish Species

Discover them all

SEA LIFE, Oceanarium

Rays and Sawfish

While our 2.2 million litre Oceanarium undergoes renovations, some of the incredible marine creatures – including tawny nurse sharks, speartooth sharks, leopard sharks, sawfish, smooth rays and eagle rays – will not be visible to our guests. These large sharks and rays will be back to inspire our guests when the Oceanarium reopens in December 2023.  Rest assured, you can still see some incredible sharks and rays at SEA LIFE Melbourne! You can find Port Jackson sharks and fiddler rays in Bay of Rays and a range of carpet sharks in Coral Atoll. 

SEA LIFE, Oceanarium

Rainforest Creatures

Lizards, turtles, mudskippers, frogs

SEA LIFE, Rainforest Adventure
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