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Sea Life Park Hawaii

Marine mammal park, bird sanctuary and aquarium on the island of Oahu, US

Field	Value
zoo_name	Sea Life Park Hawaii
image	Sea Life Park Hawaii (16102122019).jpg
location	Waimānalo, Oahu, Hawaii
owner	Herschend
date_opened	1964
coordinates
num_animals	over 2000
largest_tank_vol	300,000 usgal
website

Sea Life Park Hawaii is a marine mammal park, bird sanctuary and aquarium in Waimānalo near Makapuʻu Point, north of Hanauma Bay on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, United States. The park first opened in 1964 and in early 2025, the park was sold to Herschend.

Exhibits and facilities

Dolphin Lagoon is the venue for the main Aloha Naia show times daily at 12:30 and 3:30pm.

The Penguin Habitat is home to the park's penguins, which are part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plan for the Humboldt penguin.

Visitors to the park have the opportunity for up-close animal encounters daily, including Dolphin Encounters, Sea Lion Encounters, and the Hawaiian Reef Encounters.

The Bird Sanctuary is home to many wild marine birds including "iwa" (great frigatebirds), boobies, shearwaters, and albatrosses, most of which came to the sanctuary sick or injured. Visitors can see how these birds are cared for and rehabilitated.

Daily Educational Talk Times May Vary by Day, but generally follow this schedule (as of 6.15.24):

10:15am Honu (Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle) Feeding & Talk Story
11:00am Meet Kekoa! Hawaiian Monk Seal Talk Story
11:15am Humboldt Penguins Talk Story
11:45am Sea Lion Talk Story
12:30pm Aloa Nai'a (Dolphin) Presentation
2:00pm Shark Feeding @ Shark Cave
3:30pm Aloha Nai'a (Dolphin) Presentation
4:00pm Park Closes

Activities

Sea Life Park Hawaii includes several programs that let visitors interact directly with the animals in the water. All programs are run several times daily.https://www.sealifeparkhawaii.com/things-to-do/experiences

Conservation Sea Life Park Hawaii is active in several conservation areas, including the release of adolescent green sea turtles that were hatched and raised at the park. To date, the park has actively release upwards of 17,000+ Hawaiian green sea turtles (Honu) around the Hawaiian Islands.

In popular culture

The park was used as a setting and featured in the 2004 film 50 First Dates.

Gallery

References

http://www.adventureinhawaii.com/oahu_sealifepark.htm (tourist site, but has lots of info on activities)--

References

"Herschend to Acquire Palace Entertainment".
"Welcome to Sea Life Park Hawaii". Sea Life Park.
"Map of Activities". Sea Life Park.
(December 2025). "Sea Life Park". About.com.
(10 June 2008). "Sea Life Park Hawaii". Myhawaii.net.

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