Tampa Bay Watch Discovery Center

Great place to learn about local marine life and the efforts to ensure that it will be there for generations to come. Staff is knowledgeable, friendly, and helpful. I even was able to watch as they did a feeding of the sea horses they have. I learned a lot and worth the stop while out on the pier.

Small, but the kids had fun. Every price I looked at online showed $3. It was to my surprise when I got there that children are $3 and adults are $8. I ended up paying for it anyway. The petting part was pretty cool. The guy is very knowledgeable and the other staff were pretty nice. One of the ladies even asked if we wanted to watch them feed the frogs. It's a cool place, just extremely small and beware of the adult price.

Super cute fun place! Staff were all very friendly and knowledgeable. We watched them feed seahorses and learned a bit about them. Loved the fish tanks in there! It felt like the fish were just as interested in us as we were them. You could touch and hold a few sea critters and the lady who was stationed at that tank was fun to talk to about the animals. Would recommend taking children as we were entertained as adults. We went on a Sunday afternoon and it was not busy which made it very nice!

Great little discovery center on the pier. I’m going to keep my love of the old pier design and my distaste for the remodel out of this review. This is a gem, they cram so many cool and educational exhibits about our beautiful bay in such a small and well organized space. Came here for a tour with a group from USF and all of the staff were very knowledgeable and friendly. All of the fish and animals were well kept and seemed very healthy and happy. My favorite were the two diamond back terrapins! I will be visiting again next time I’m in the area.

I went on a Walking With Wildlife guided walk around the Pier. It was a great experience and I learned a lot! Our guide created the tour, researched everything, and shared an incredible amount of information. This was her inaugural tour, and I highly recommend doing it if you have the opportunity.