CAMP DESCRIPTIONS

The perfect camp for your little snorkeler! Dive in to educational fun as campers learn about the crawling critters of our local estuary. Campers will assemble their own touch tank and collect critters each day on their snorkeling excursions! Your camper will even learn what it takes to care for these animals by participating in feedings and by creating their own exhibit signs. This camp involves lots of outdoor activities and time on the water for hands-on learning!

Price: $189 members/$229 non-members

Offered: Week 1 PM, Week 4 AM, Week 5 PM, Week 8 PM, Week 9 PM, Week 11 PM

Learn about Clearwater Marine Aquarium's newest marine life residents – the pelicans! Campers will learn all about coastal birds by traveling to popular birdwatching spots, boating and snorkeling around sanctuary islands, and watching Clearwater Marine Aquarium trainers interact with Ricky and Lucy, our two African Great White Pelicans and the co-stars of Dolphin Tale! Campers will enjoy 2 days of snorkeling combined with traveling adventures and indoor activities for a full week of fun!

Price: $189 members/$229 non-members

Offered: Week 3 PM, Week 6 AM, Week 10 AM

What sets mammals apart from other underwater animals? Find out as campers create toys for our resident otters, interact with our dolphins through their underwater windows, and learn all about their wild cousins as we embark 3 snorkeling excursions. Compare whales and dolphins with river otters and sea otters, and learn the many similarities and differences. Campers will also enjoy a private CLEARWATER MARINE AQUARIUM dolphin presentation, put on just for our summer camps!

Price: $189 members/$229 non-members

Offered: Week 1 AM, Week 2 AM, Week 3 AM, Week 5 AM, Week 7 AM, Week 8 AM, Week 9 AM, Week 11 AM

Why do fish swim together in schools? How do sea turtles find their way? Explore these questions and more as we focus on the scaly and slimy Clearwater Marine Aquarium residents. Campers will participate in a fish feeding, learn the differences between sharks and other fish, and see where our sea turtles' food is prepared each day. Campers will get splashed at our stingray tank and be transformed into sea turtles using real shells! Campers will enjoy 3 snorkeling trips combined with indoor educational activities for a full week of fun!

Price: $189 members/$229 non-members

Offered: Week 2 PM, Week 4 PM, Week 6 PM, Week 7 PM, Week 10 PM

Have a Winter fan in the family? Come learn all about Clearwater Marine Aquarium's most famous resident and her amazing story of survival! Learn Winter's true story and interact with a rescued dolphin through their underwater windows, visit movie sets from Dolphin Tale as we check out Winter's Dolphin Tale Adventure, and build your own version of Winter's tail. Watch Clearwater Marine Aquarium's residents in action during a private dolphin presentation, just for our summer camps! Campers will enjoy 2 days of snorkeling combined with traveling fun and educational indoor activities.

Price: $189 members/$229 non-members

Offered: 1 AM, Week 2 AM, Week 4 AM, Week 5 AM, Week 7 AM, Week 10 AM

Learn about Clearwater Marine Aquarium's newest marine life residents – the pelicans! Campers will learn all about pelicans and other coastal birds by traveling to popular birdwatching spots, boating and snorkeling around sanctuary islands, and watching Clearwater Marine Aquarium trainers interact with Ricky and Lucy, our two African Great White Pelicans and the co-stars of Dolphin Tale! Campers will enjoy a day of snorkeling combined with 3 days of travel adventures and indoor activities for a full week of fun!

Price: $189 members/$229 non-members

Offered: Week 2 PM, Week 5 PM, Week 7 PM, Week 9 PM

Come along with Clearwater Marine Aquarium as we visit our neighboring animal facilities like Lowry Park Zoo, Florida Aquarium, and others! Campers will travel to Clearwater Marine Aquarium's second facility, Winter's Dolphin Tale Adventure, and trek through our Crystal Beach nature preserve, learning about Florida's many coastal ecosystems. This special camp lasts the entire day to fit in all the fun as campers explore the Tampa Bay region, so pack a lunch and get ready for adventure!

Price: $375 Members/$455 Non-Members

Offered: Week 5 AM &PM, Week 6 AM &PM

Interested in saving marine life? Your camper will learn all about Clearwater Marine Aquarium's stranding team and their work through hands-on lessons. Participate in a mock dolphin stranding, learn how to handle an entangled seabird, and create your own stranding guide with real life-saving information. Go behind-the-scenes with our otters to learn how Clearwater Marine Aquarium cares for resident animals! Campers will even visit one of Clearwater Marine Aquarium's active sea turtle nests at night to learn about our Sea Turtle Nesting Patrol! Campers will enjoy 2 days of snorkeling combined with traveling adventures, indoor activities, and an optional night field trip to give campers a full experience of Clearwater Marine Aquarium's work!

Price: $189 members/$229 non-members

Offered: Week 9 AM, Week 10 AM, Week 11 AM

Jump onboard with Clearwater Marine Aquarium for an instructional introduction to kayaking! Campers will participate in 2 kayaking excursions, complete with beginner lessons for the first-time paddler! Then, enjoy 3 full days of snorkeling experiences as campers travel to different sea grass beds and sand flats aboard Clearwater Marine Aquarium's pontoon boats to explore Clearwater's estuary ecosystems.

Price: $189 members/$229 non-members

Offered: Week 3 AM, Week 8 AM

Want to learn more about Clearwater Marine Aquarium's rescued residents? Now's your chance to take a picture with a dolphin, create a toy for an otter, and so much more! Discover how our animals live and play each day by building enrichment devices in the classroom, and then sharing them with Clearwater Marine Aquarium's critters! Campers will learn about animal diets by visiting our food preparation facility and participating in a fish feeding! Your camper will even spend some time interacting with a Clearwater Marine Aquarium dolphin in a meet &greet session! This is one camp experience they're sure to remember forever!

Price: $219 members/$259 non-members

Offered: Week 1 AM, Week 2 AM, Week 3 AM, Week 4 PM, Week 5 PM, Week 6 AM, Week 8 AM, Week 9 PM, Week 10 PM, Week 11 AM

Water, water everywhere! There's so much to learn about the ocean's most basic component. Learn how Clearwater Marine Aquarium collects and tests the water for our animals, experiment with the physical properties of water by creating ice toys for our resident animals, and snorkel in Clearwater Bay as we explore all that H2O has to offer! Campers will even visit the "Sprayground" to enjoy the cooling affects of water in the Florida sunshine!

Price: $189 members/$229 non-members

Offered: Week 1 PM, Week 2 PM, Week 3 PM, Week 6 PM, Week 7 PM, Week 8 PM, Week 10 PM, Week 11 PM

This camp introduces future marine mammalogists to the world of caring for and training dolphins! Your camper will learn about dolphin anatomy through a mock dolphin stranding, examine dolphin diets as we explore Clearwater Marine Aquarium's food preparation area, and participate in dolphin enrichment through our underwater viewing windows. Campers will enjoy 3 days of snorkeling combined with indoor activities, including a private dolphin presentation, just for our summer camps!

Price: $189 members/$229 non-members

Offered: Week 1 AM, Week 2 AM, Week 4 AM, Week 5 AM, Week 6 AM, Week 7 AM, Week 8 AM, Week 9 AM, Week 11 AM

Want to learn more about Clearwater Marine Aquarium's rescued residents? Now's your chance to take a picture with a dolphin, create a toy for an otter, and so much more! Discover how our animals live and play each day by building enrichment devices in the classroom, and then sharing them with Clearwater Marine Aquarium's critters! Campers will learn about animal diets by visiting our food preparation facility and participating in a fish feeding! Your camper will even spend some time interacting with a Clearwater Marine Aquarium dolphin in a meet &greet session! This is one camp experience they're sure to remember forever!

Price: $219 members/$259 non-members

Offered: Week 1 PM, Week 2 PM, Week 3 PM, Week 4 AM, Week 7 AM, Week 8 PM, Week 9 AM, Week 10 AM, Week 11 PM

Visit and learn about five of Florida's coastal ecosystems! Explore mangrove and barrier islands by boat and snorkel through sea grass beds. Then, travel to parks and nature preserves to experience freshwater and swamp ecology. Campers will discuss the different plants and animals we find as we discover the water cycle in action and learn about the Florida aquifer!

Price: $189 members/$229 non-members

Offered: Week 2 PM, Week 4 PM, Week 7 PM

Invertebrate anatomy is the name of the game in this camp! Campers will learn by doing as they dissect and discover the body parts of sea stars, sea urchins, clams, and more! Then examine these animals in their underwater habitats as we follow-up each dissection with a snorkeling or boating excursion! Campers will search out the spiny, spiky, and spineless in our local estuary as we introduce comparative anatomy in the classroom!

Price: $189 members/$229 non-members

Offered: Week 5 PM, Week 9 PM

Jump onboard with Clearwater Marine Aquarium for an instructional introduction to kayaking! This camp involves an extra day of kayaking for our older campers, with a total of 3 kayaking excursions! Then, enjoy 2 full days of snorkeling experiences as we travel to different sea grass beds and sand flats aboard Clearwater Marine Aquarium's pontoon boats to explore Clearwater's estuary ecosystems.

Price: $189 members/$229 non-members

Offered: Week 1 PM, Week 3 AM, Week 8 AM

Get up-close and personal with everyone's favorite ocean predators! Discover what separates sharks and rays from their bony cousins while performing dissections. Sort fact from fiction and learn why the ocean wouldn't be the same without sharks! Then, meet their stingray cousins at our touch tank and even participate in a ray feeding session!

Price: $189 members/$229 non-members

Offered: Week 6 PM, Week 8 PM, Week 10 PM

Love snorkeling? Want to try SCUBA diving? This introduction to SCUBA combines boating and snorkeling camp with educational SCUBA instruction. For two sessions during the week, campers get to put on actual SCUBA gear and dive in Clearwater Marine Aquarium's pools! SCUBA session supervised by licensed instructor – no previous experience required! Campers do not receive SCUBA certification.

Price: $239 members/$279 non-members

Offered: Week 3 (AM), Week 6 (AM), Week 8 (AM)

Want to learn more about Clearwater Marine Aquarium's rescued residents?  Now's your chance to take a picture with a dolphin, create a toy for an otter, and so much more!  Discover how our animals live and play each day by building enrichment devices in the classroom, and then sharing them with Clearwater Marine Aquarium's critters!  Campers will learn about animal diets by visiting our food preparation facility and participating in a fish feeding!  Your camper will even spend some time interacting with a Clearwater Marine Aquarium dolphin in a meet &greet session!  This is one camp experience they're sure to remember forever!

Price: $219 members/$259 non-members

Offered: Week 5 AM, Week 6 PM, Week 7 PM

Visit and learn about five of Florida's coastal ecosystems! Explore mangrove and barrier islands by boat and snorkel through sea grass beds. Then, travel to parks and nature preserves to experience freshwater and swamp ecology. Campers will discuss the different plants and animals we find as we discover the water cycle in action and learn about the Florida aquifer!

Price: $189 members/$229 non-members

Offered: Week 3 PM, Week 5 PM, Week 8 PM

This camp introduces fishing as a sustainable practice! Beginners can try their hand at catch and release while learning about different marine habitats. We'll also focus on the correct knots and methods of disposal for monofilament line. All camp participants will be provided with a fishing pole to keep! Help keep our environment healthy and get hooked on sustainable fishing!

Price: $239 Members/$279 Non-Members

Offered: Week 4 PM

This camp spotlights our fragile estuary ecosystem and its aquatic inhabitants as we explore springs, mangrove tunnels, and undeveloped islands by kayak. Campers will travel by van to area launch sites and paddle their way to different snorkel spots. This camp does run through Lunch Bunch, so pack a lunch and get ready for fun! No experience necessary; kayaking instructions provided.

Price: $189 members/$229 non-members

Offered: Week 4 AM, Week 7 AM