A private non-profit environmental education center, located next to Summer Waves on Jekyll Island. Visit critters in the touch tank and aquariums Monday-Saturday 9 AM to 5 PM year round. Hands-on marsh and beach study programs available for schools, scouts, church groups and families. Guided bicycle nature studies of the salt marsh, maritime forest and beach along with Coastal Encounters regular programs. Week long fun Summer Science Camp for second to seventh graders.
Classrooms are the beach, saltmarsh, invertebrate lab, butterfly garden and dock.
Enjoy educational pontoon boat excursions into the saltmarshes. Accommodations available for groups. Please call ahead for reservations. Water Taxi service is available between Jekyll Island and St. Simons Island . Also day trips to Fernandina Beach, Cumberland and Sapelo Island on the Intracoastal waterway.