CMA Membership is ideal for individuals or families who are frequent visitors to CMA and would like to receive admission throughout the year.
Your Membership Supports Animal Care and Our Mission to Protect Marine Life
Your membership will support CMA’s mission of marine life rescue, rehabilitation, and release. Members receive admission to Clearwater Marine Aquarium throughout the year. In addition to free admission, CMA membership offers many benefits including discounts on programs, food and beverage, plus free or discounted admission to reciprocal attractions, and more.
Become a Member
Become a member of Clearwater Marine Aquarium by purchasing a membership for yourself or your family and your donation will help support the daily operations at CMA, wherever the need is greatest.
*All primary named guests must be 18 years or older; children cannot be named without an adult member on the account. Memberships are non-refundable and non-transferable. All membership plan details and benefits subject to change.
CMA Memberships Offer Value & Flexibility
- Ideal for people who are supporters of CMA’s mission
- Perfect for families and frequent visitors to CMA
- Pay once and receive free admission for one year
- Customize with the number of people in your family
CMA Member Benefits Include
Member Discounts at CMA
- 10% discount on retail & online retail
- 10% discount on additional guest admission
- 10% discount on Birthday Party Package
- 20% discount on dolphin programs
- 30% discount on food and beverage
- 50% discount on parking (exclusions apply for special events)
- Early camp registration and Member discount for camp programs (Discount does not apply to the ”Ocean Explorer” membership Level).
- Discounted admission and early access to special events
- Additional discounts on boat tours and other programs
CMA Member Perks
- VIP Member Entrance – Skip the Line
- Member Car Magnet
- CMA insider e-newsletter, exclusive member updates and invitations to special events
- Birthday video messages from CMA resident animals
- Discounts from local companies & access to partner attractions
- Members-only hour on select dates
- Extended at-home access to the residents of the Aquarium as well as 100+ more species via CMA+ powered by zoolife
All membership plan details and benefits subject to change. Blackout dates may apply.
Current Member benefits effective September 15, 2024.
View CMA Member Partner Offers
Access to Special Exhibits
Members enjoy access to special exhibits and seasonal events throughout the year!*
*Excludes some after-hours events and other special ticketed events or exhibitions. Discounted member admission available for after-hour events and other programs.
Introducing CMA+, an Extended Experience of Clearwater Marine Aquarium
New and renewing members will get an exclusive full year subscription to CMA+ powered by zoolife, an online live streaming platform for animal lovers! You will be able to watch CMA’s resident animals live from anywhere, and get an up-close look anytime!
Extend your Aquarium experience from home and:
- Get a view from inside the habitat! Adjust the camera from your phone to get another angle of 100+ species dolphins, otters, sea turtles, and many more.
- Access recent highlights! Catch the best moments of your favorite animals, updated daily & contribute to the community by recording highlights of your own.
- Connect with the experts! Remote access to join live animal care talks, enrichment presentations and get updates directly from the Research & Rescue teams in the field.
Reciprocal Benefits
CMA Members can enjoy discounted reciprocal admission to many local and regional attractions.
Please contact the partner organizations below to see if the attraction is currently open and offering Reciprocal Admissions before you visit. Please call 727-441-1790 ext. 0 if you have any questions about your membership or booking tickets at CMA during this time.
50% off general admission to the following attractions:
- Amarillo Zoo – 50% Off
- American Victory Ship – 50% Off
- Austin Aquarium – 50% Off
- Bishop Museum of Science and Nature – 50% Off
- Bok Tower Gardens – 50% Off
- Brights Zoo – 50% Off
- Central Florida Zoo – 50% Off
- Dinosaur World – 50% Off
- Flamingo Gardens – 50% Off
- Florida Aquarium – 50% Off
- Glazer Children’s Museum – 50% Off
- Great Explorations Children’s Museum – 50% Off
- Henson Robinson Zoo – 50% Off
- Heritage Park Sanctuary – 50% Off
- Imagine Museum – 50% Off
- Maui Ocean Center – 50% Off
- MOSI – 50% Off
- Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium – 50% Off
- Nashville Zoo – 50% Off
- New York State Zoo at Thompson Park – 50% Off
- Polk Museum of Art – 50% Off
- Salisbury Zoo – 50% Off
- Santa Ana Zoo – 50% Off
- St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum – 50% Off
- Sunken Gardens – 50% Off
- Tampa Bay History Center – 50% Off
- Tampa Museum of Art – 50% Off
- Tampa Bay Watch – 50% Off (Free admission to Tampa Bay Watch Discovery Center at St. Pete Pier)
- Utica Zoo – 50% Off
- Washington Park Zoo, Indiana (Reservations Required) – 50% Off
Members Support CMA
Your membership will help support CMA’s mission of marine life rescue, rehabilitation and release, along with our animal care, conservation, education and research programs.
Your Membership Supports
- Animal care (food, medical care, shelter) for over 50 non-releasable, resident animals.
- Marine life rescue, rehabilitation and release.
- Education for over 10,000 campers each year and support for educational outreach programs.
- CMA’s Sea Turtle Conservation Program that monitors approximately 21 miles of Pinellas County beaches during sea turtle nesting season and continually raises awareness in the community with regard to sea turtle conservation.
- CMA’s efforts to connect with children and adults all over the world who have been inspired by the rescued animals at CMA. Our mission and potential to change lives differentiates CMA from any other aquarium.
- Research efforts to better understand animal behavior, illness, treatment and endangered species protection. Working with scientific and conservation partners, we protect marine animals and their habitats.
Membership FAQs
Yes. You may redeem your admission cost up to the value of the membership pass you purchase. Membership purchase must be made the same day of your visit prior to leaving CMA. Visit the Guest Services office or the admission window.
Tickets purchased through third-party ticket resellers are not eligible.
Yes, members receive discounted parking in the CMA parking garage for each daily visit. Present your parking ticket at Ticketing to receive a member discount sticker. You will be charged the discounted member rate at the pay station when exiting the parking garage with your validated ticket.
- Member Car Magnet
- VIP Member Entrance – Skip the Line
- 30% discount on food and beverage
- 10% discount on retail & online retail
- 10% discount on Birthday Party Package
- 10% discount on additional guest admission
- 20% discount on dolphin programs
- 50% discount on parking
- Additional discounts on boat tours and other programs
- Early camp registration and Member discount for camp programs
- CMA insider e-newsletter, exclusive member updates and invitations to special events
- Discounts at participating reciprocal attractions and discount partners
- Birthday messages from CMA resident animals
- Member Appreciation Day retail sales
- Members-only hour on select dates
- Commemorative holiday gift
- Zoolife subscription included
Please present your membership and government issued ID.
All memberships are associated with the named individual(s) and are not transferable to another person. Each membership has a specific identifier/bar code. If additional Unnamed guest passes were added to your membership, those passes may be used when attending with a named member.
Yes. When you purchase your membership online or in person, your government issued ID and/or receipt will serve as your temporary membership and will allow you admission until your digital membership passes are emailed to you. For environmental purposes, we are utilizing a digital pass and discourage printing the confirmation. Once you purchase all you need to bring is your ID.
CMA digital membership cards are downloadable to your mobile device. After purchasing your membership, you will receive a confirmation email with your digital passes attached. The membership passes can either be printed out, or saved to your phone.
You can access your digital membership passes on your mobile device after receiving your confirmation email. If you are unable to access your membership pass, primary named members can simply show a photo ID at admission.
No. The membership is a digital membership. For environmental purposes, CMA has decided to transition away from printing and mailing paper cards/passes.
Lifetime memberships will be honored.
Digital membership passes can be resent to your email for download. Please contact membership@cmaquarium.org. CMA no longer issues hard copy or replacement membership cards.
Yes, just show your government issued ID.
To ensure appropriate use of membership benefits and privileges, CMA will require valid photo ID. Children are required to present photo ID but should be accompanied by a parent or adult from their household or present their digital membership pass.
Individual, Duo and Family memberships are non-transferable. Only the person(s) named on the membership may enter CMA using the membership. All named members will be required to show a valid photo ID. Unnamed Guests must be accompanied by one of the named members.
You can renew online here. Simply login to renew. If you do not have your login info you can use the lookup to search for your pass number. You can also call the CMA Reservations Center at 757-441-1790, ext. 0. The Reservations Center is open from 10am to 5:30pm.
Yes, you can purchase a membership for an individual other than yourself. You will need to provide the gift recipient’s name, address, phone number and email. The link to download the digital membership PDF will be sent to the email provided. Passes are valid one year from the date of purchase.
We do not assign credit for those who have not used their memberships. Even if you have lost a previous membership card or are not able to access the digital membership, you are always able to visit the CMA by showing your government issued I.D. or email purchase confirmation/receipt.
We are unable to place temporary freezes or holds on accounts.
CMA members will receive our monthly CMA e-newsletter. Exclusive updates may be emailed to members on occasion.
Yes. Visit our Tickets page here.
Please send an email to membership@cmaquarium.org.
Membership discounts on kids’ camps are offered to Aquatic Duo and Family Marine Explorer membership levels. Camp discounts do not apply to individual memberships.
The new Aquatic Duo membership level includes 1 free admission ticket and the Family Marine Explorer level includes 2 free admission tickets for guests. These admission tickets are good for one guest visit each during the duration of your membership. Additional unnamed guests can be added to your membership plan for unlimited visits throughout the year for $99. Unnamed Guests must be accompanied by a named member. Named members can be added to Duo and Explorer for $70.
Your exclusive zoolife account will be available in mid-October with new and renewing memberships registered with a 9/15/2023 or later date. Current members will receive this benefit when they renew. Members will receive more information via email about how to log into their zoolife account.
If you have any other questions about the membership program at Clearwater Marine Aquarium, please contact membership@cmaquarium.org.