'Mediation Ocean: Aquarius Reef Base'
Birch Aquarium at Scripps
9 AM, ongoing daily from November 20, 2025 until February 22, 2026.
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Birch Aquarium at Scripps
All Ages
Purchase tickets online in advance for the best pricing or buy an annual membership to visit the aquarium all year.
Experience Birch Aquarium’s "Meditation Ocean: Aquarius Reef Base." This multi-sensory art and science installation reimagines the historic Aquarius Reef Base — the world’s only undersea research habitat — as a meditation space inspired by life beneath the ocean.
Step through a portal into the underwater research station and experience life as the aquanauts did. Explore projections filmed at the original platform, wander through simulated underwater spaces and step inside a recreation of aquanauts' living quarters — all accompanied by ambient reef sounds and playful design that invite reflection on our connection to the ocean.
Birch Aquarium opens daily at 9 a.m. with closing hours varying by day.