Ecological Marine Adventures — Local services in Surf City

We've been participating in classes with EMA for 4 years and each experience in unique and rewarding! Our kid looks forward to each summer when she gets to take an EMA class. This year she took the Surf and Science class with legendary surfer Slater Powell. She had a a great experience learning to surf - after her first lesson she was standing up on the surf board with confidence and she came away with a new appreciation for sea life and surfing. Slater was really kind and showed how much fun surfing can be. We are grateful for his expertise! We also highly recommend the paddle-boarding class for kids and family - a fantastic way to experience the water and wildlife; for younger kids the Junior marine explorers class was a great exploration activity for our kid while we went to check out other things on the island - they got to dissect a squid after catching creatures at the beach. Taylor and his team are fantastic with kids and created a wonderful positive experience all around. We'll definitely plan on making EMA an integral part of our next...

This touch tank is amazing! Be patient with their limited hours due to rebuilding staff during a pandemic. Check Facebook for hours day of. We did not have high hopes, I was a bit hesitant to leave a sunny beach for this excursion. I'm SO glad we did. Molly was our guide and she was delightful! She is studying to be in the marine biology field, and her passion shows! She was so amazing with our toddler, spoke to him with relatable knowledge, did not speak down to him, had the utmost patience, and genuinely wanted his experience to be as wonderful as mom and dad did. We LOVE Molly. Our son was able to touch, see, and learn about a turtle, crab, snake, snail, shark teeth, skates, and more!

They have a very cool interactive sand room, and a playroom upstairs that's thoughtful and held our sons attention for a while!

Great for all ages. We wore masks by our choice, not required. Bring cash to tip these college girls who are amazing. Plan to get lunch at Shaka Taco behind the lot afterwards. Can't...

We discovered this place when my oldest had a field trip here. My 3 year old has been in preschool here and absolutely loves it (first experience with childcare outside of family). All the teachers/staff have been wonderful. I've been in the parking lot waiting on class to dismiss for pick up and heard an older child having an issue and the staff working with that child was so calm, patient, and quickly diffused the issue before turning it around to positive excitement about the next activity. We've also been to a birthday party hosted here and it was also super fun. All in all, I'm comfortable leaving my children here for activities. They always have a blast and can't wait to return!

Edited because I forgot to add the storytime on the beach with an animal is so fun! Not only do they get to meet an animal, hear a story, but they also get to build sand castles and tunnels for the animal to explore. Very fun experience for a wide...