Clearwater Marine Aquarium

Clearwater Marine Aquarium is an attraction in Clearwater, FL. Cost: $25 to $50.

249 Windward Passage · Clearwater, FL

Why you should go…

This nonprofit aquarium rescues, rehabilitates and releases marine animals, and its permanent residents are ones whose injuries keep them from returning to the wild. You can watch dolphins, sharks, stingrays, sea lions and harbor seals, and look in on the manatee rehabilitation center. An exhibit tells the story of Winter, the dolphin with a prosthetic tail who inspired the film Dolphin Tale. The building began as a water treatment plant.

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