Tampa Bay Watch Discovery Center - St. Petersburg, Florida

Wonka W.

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.

Alicia C.

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.

Lisa S.

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!

Sarah T.

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.

Daniel R.

The people here were super friendly. The discovery center is not very large, but was packed with interesting exhibits and lots of fun fish.
Most of all though, we thoroughly enjoyed the boat trip out into the bay. Very fun and educational. It was a small group and we could ask lots of questions. Definitely a highlight of our visit to the Tampa area.

Chase R.

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.

Lauren L.

What a delightful learning center! Spent at least an hour exploring, learning and viewing in this beautiful center full of living creatures from our wonderful area. Frogs, snakes, fish (babies, too!), seahorses, eels and much much more! Plus a lovely history on the pier and our area of St. Petersburg. I'm a 70 year old Native and found this learning center fascinating and fun. I learned something new and found the volunteers and marine biologists helpful and full of information. What a terrific adventure! Highly recommend!

Bethany F.

My family made plans to come visit the discovery center while vacationing in the area. We looked up the hours, made our plans, drove 30 minutes to get to the discovery center, ran down the pier in the rain, and then when we arrived there was a sign on the door that said "closing early today, sorry for any inconvenience." If you plan on coming here I highly recommend calling first. My kids were extremely disappointed.