Ripley's Aquarium in Myrtle Beach
Ripley's Aquarium in Myrtle Beach is a $40 million, state-of-the-art, 87,000 square foot aquarium experience, located in Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It is one of South Carolina's most visited attractions, where guests are entertained by some of the worlds' most fascinating and dangerous aquatic life.
Visitors are surrounded an all sides by menacing 10 foot sharks as they travel through Dangerous Reef, a 750,000 gallon tank, on the world's longest (330-foot) moving glidepath. Other spectacular features at Ripley's™ Aquarium include Ray Bay, highlighting a variety of rays from multiple viewing levels and Friendship Flats, where guests touch Atlantic and Southern Cow-Nose Rays and Bonnet-Head sharks. Rainbow Rock offers a stunning view of thousands of brilliantly colored Pacific fishes from Hawaii, Australia and the Indian Ocean through an acrylic window the size of two movie screens.
Education Island
The Marine Science Education Department of Ripley's™ Aquarium provides students with an exciting, interactive educational experience. Ripley's™ Aquarium in Myrtle Beach offers a varied selection
of programs designed to meet curriculum standards set forth by state educators in the areas of
Science, Social Studies, Math, and English. The Marine Science Education Department of Ripley's
Aquarium strives to ensure that the experience will be an extension of what is learned in the classroom.
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