Hours
Regular Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 10 AM – 4 PM
Fall Closure: Tuesday, September 3 – Friday, September 6, 2024
Seymour Marine Discovery Center
100 McAllister Way
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Admission
Adult $12
Senior (65 and older) $11
Student (with ID) $9
Child (3-17) $9
Toddler (2 and under) Free
Members (join now) Free
UC Santa Cruz undergraduate with valid ID Free
Daily Tours: Behind-the-Scenes Research Tour
11 AM, 1 PM, 2 PM, 3 PM Daily
Join our skilled volunteer docents on a 30-minute tour around the Seymour Center and parts of the Long Marine Lab. Come face-to-face with our blue whale skeleton and travel to an overlook to see where and how marine mammal research happens at UC Santa Cruz. Daily tours are included with admission and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis (space is limited to 20 participants). All participants must be present to sign up. Sign-ups begin one hour before the tour start time, at the admission desk. To ensure a wonderful experience for all our visitors, we limit tour passes to groups of 9 or fewer. Thank you for understanding!
Coming with a large group(10+ people)? Please go to our Group visits page to learn more and book a visit.
Coming with a school group? Visit our School field trips page for more information.
Questions regarding your visit? Please email VisitSeymour@ucsc.edu