Sea Life

Sea Life is a chain of commercial sea life-themed aquarium attractions. As of April 2017 there are 53 Sea Life attractions (including standalone Sea Life centres, mini Sea Life features within resort theme parks, and Legoland submarine rides) around the world. The chain is owned by the British company Merlin Entertainments. History Some of the aquariums now called Sea Life predate this rebrand and existed under different designations prior to their consolidation. The original named attraction was Sea Life Centre in Oban, Scotland, which opened in 1979. By 1992, nine other Sea Life units were opened. Locations North America United States Sea Life Legoland California Sea Life Arizona Sea Life at Mall of America Sea Life Caverns at Marine Life Sea Life Charlotte-Concord Sea Life Grapevine Sea Life Kansas City Sea Life Michigan Sea Life New Jersey Sea Life Orlando Sea Life San Antonio Europe United Kingdom Alton Towers Resort, Staffordshire, England - Sharkbait Reef by Sea Life Chessington World of Adventures, England - Chessington Sea Life Centre Cornish Seal Sanctuary, Gweek, England Legoland Windsor Resort, England - Atlantis Submarine Voyage National Sea Life Centre, Birmingham, England Sea Life Blackpool, Blackpool, England Sea Life Brighton, Brighton, England Sea Life Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth, England Sea Life Hunstanton, Hunstanton, England Sea Life Loch Lomond, Loch Lomond, Scotland Sea Life London Aquarium, London, England Sea Life Manchester, Manchester, England Sea Life Scarborough, Scarborough, England Sea Life Weymouth, Weymouth, England Germany Sea Life Hanover, Hanover Sea Life Konstanz, Konstanz Sea Life Munich, Munich Sea Life Oberhausen, Oberhausen, This is the largest Sea Life Centre in Germany. This was the home of Paul, the octopus who correctly predicted the German national football team's results at the world cup of 2010, until his death in October 2010. Sea Life Speyer, Speyer Sea Life Timmendorfer Strand, Timmendorfer Strand Others Gardaland, Italy Legoland Billund, Billund, Denmark Sea Life Benalmádena, Benalmádena, Spain Sea Life Blankenberge, Blankenberge, Belgium Sea Life Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Sea Life Paris, Paris, France Sea Life Porto, Porto, Portugal Sea Life Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands Asia In November 2015, Merlin Entertainments announced that over the next 10 years it would invest £50 million in India, some of which will be used to open Sea Life centres. In January 2017, Merlin Entertainments Indian subsidiary stated that it was in discussion with real estate firms to open Sea Life centres in multiple cities in India. Sea Life Bangkok, Thailand Sea Life Busan, South Korea Sea Life Nagoya, Japan Sea Life Malaysia, Malaysia Sea Life Shanghai, China Sea Life Sichuan, China (expected opening in 2024, as of 2021) Oceania Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium, Auckland, New Zealand Sea Life Melbourne, Australia Sea Life Sunshine Coast, Australia Sea Life Sydney, Australia Former sites Berlin Rhyl, Wales - Sea Life Rhyl - sold to SeaQuarium chain, permanently closed in November 2023 Cuxhaven Hastings, England - Sea Life Hastings - sold and now belongs to the Blue Reef Aquarium chain Jesolo Sea Life Tynemouth, England - tynemouth Sea Life centre - opened in 1994. In 1999 it was sold to Aspro Parks (Aspro Ocio Group) and now belongs to the Blue Reef Aquarium chain Oban, Scotland - Scottish Sea Life Sanctuary - closed in October 2018 St Andrews, Scotland - sold and now operates as the St Andrews Aquarium Königswinter, Germany - closed in December 2022 Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom - sold to SeaQuarium Ltd which operated it until its closure in 2019 Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland - closed in December 2023 Manly, Australia - Manly Sea Life Sanctuary - Closed in January 2018 Sea Life Istanbul, Turkey - Closed on 1 January 2025 Controversies Sea Life centres have been criticised over animal welfare, with the Marine Conservation Society calling a 30% per annum mortality rate "disturbing." The charity Freedom for Animals has criticised Sea Life over their conservation claims and also for the presence of beluga whales at attractions. References External links Official website