SEA LIFE San Antonio

I visited with my 9-year-old daughter and 78-year-old mom. Based on other reviews, I had kept my expectations somewhat low, understanding that it's a small location and anticipating it might take about 30 minutes to walk through (which was pretty accurate). As a positive, we had no problems with crowds due to coming on a Thursday afternoon, and my daughter enjoyed the kids' playscape at the end. Unfortunately, we were overall very disappointed with our experience. The first part of the attraction had fully functional A/C, but as we got further in, we noticed it got quite warm/humid. Additionally, there was quite a pungent odor around the sea life areas. (Not sure if these are being cleaned properly?) The lights in some areas went off unexpectedly (possibly related to motion sensors? - not sure), and we waited a bit until they came back on so we could take photos. And other areas were not well lit at all so we ended up with dark photos. This was especially disappointing in the larger of the two underwater tunnel areas. What concerned us aside from that was that the tanks themselves largely appeared very cramped and inadequate for the sea life. The large moray eel, for example, did not have anywhere to actually hide; he could only fit halfway in and halfway out of an underwater pot (which looked sad). (See photo.) As a result, I would not recommend this attraction.

The wife and I decided that since our autistic five year old son loved the Mazatlan aquarium in Sinaloa, we would try here while we are in town today. I must say that everyone enjoyed our time here and our son really enjoyed it. He loves the water and all of the animals in it. He also enjoyed the play area for children!

Shout out to Akeyan for instantly spotting my animal loving daughter with Autism and spending time patiently describing all the animals in detail, making her day absolutely amazing! Thank you so much too to all of the mermaid team and especially the mermaid makeover who made her mermaid makeover experience so magical- tons of little girls we passed walking downtown all asked where she got her mermaid face! The team helping us interact with the sea stars and anemone were so friendly and patient too! I can’t believe we have lived here forever and never visited. We will definitely be back!!!

The aquarium was beautiful and well-maintained overall. However, I was deeply concerned to observe a lone shark resting at the bottom of the tank with its back fin completely missing. It was distressing to see, and I would expect that a facility dedicated to marine life would closely monitor the health and condition of its animals. It is concerning that such an injury appeared to have gone unnoticed until brought to attention by a guest through photographs. Regular welfare checks should be in place to ensure the safety and well-being of all aquatic life, especially in situations where aggressive interactions may occur.

This is a great place to go for toddlers, my daughter is 16 months old and loved it. The nice thing about Sea Life is that everything is at their height, so they can walk around and see everything inside the tanks. They also have two different-sized walking tunnels, one at young kids' height and one that is adult height. We purchased the combination Lego Land and Sea Life tickets, which are co-located. One elevator takes you up a floor to Lego Land and the other takes you down to Sea Life. We spent about an hour and a half in Legoland and an hour walking through Sea Life.

I loved this aquarium! I was very impressed with the various marine life and the tank displays! We went Monday morning so we had the place to ourselves! We will definitely be back!!!

This aquarium was very good. I wish I had pictures. It's very convenient parking in the mall and then the alamo, the new alamo complex is very amazing.Well, worth the visit.If you're in san antonio

Enjoyed visiting. It was a glimpse of the aquarium in Atlanta Ga There was an arch to go under and look up to a transparent ceiling. You were able to see fish and other sea life. Plenty of touch screens with information, at the end a touch pond with live sea urchin and star fish.