TidePools Aquarium — Attraction in Gibsons

What a gem of a place! If you are visiting, please don't skip over the Tide pools Aquarium. Even though it is a small exhibit space, it's packed with interesting displays of marine life, a touch pool and staffed with very accessible, and very knowledgeable staff. I watched my kids (17, 14 and 12) all revert back to curious 5 year olds. We spent a good hour and a bit there just looking at all the neat marine life, asking questions and got to watch a crab hunt, break open a clam and have it's lunch. And this experience is...

We absolutely loved it!!!, this place is like the ucluelet aquarium, they have the aquatic fauna for a while and then release them again to the ocean!, everything is well preserved, clean and the staff is amazing!, my husband was si thrilled!, you can touch sea stars and hear some sound of the ocean in the ipad activity, i wish more places like this exist!, if you are going to the sunshine coast this place is a must!, they will relese the animals on this next...

A wonderful experience! The staff was great with kids, very knowledgeable and kind. We got to touch different types of sea stars and sea urchins, as well as see other creatures like eels, crabs, and sea slugs. It's really cool and interactive! They are a catch-and-release aquarium so the animals change from time to time. Plus, the organization supports conservation and education efforts...