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Sea Cavern

Updated June 22, 2020 Posted April 8, 2020

The home of our nurse shark and wide variety of fish, Sea Cavern can help educate you on the many marine animals found in our local area as well as your impact on the environment. Touch tanks mean you can get up close and personal with local marine life, including sea urchins, sea stars and crabs. Get the opportunity to meet and even feed the puffer fish! Spot, a tessalata moray eel, can also be found inside the Sea Cavern. From this exciting cave, you can also look into the Shark Pass habitat to take a closer underwater look at Thelma, our resident nurse shark.

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Nurse Sharks, Local Marine Fish

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249 Windward Passage
Clearwater, FL 33767
727-441-1790

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