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The Oceanarium
Constructed in 1979, the Oceanarium provides guests of the Pacific Beach Hotel with a fascinating view of a unique microcosm of Indo-Pacific ocean life. Stretching three entire stories high and viewable from any of the three hotel restaurants, the 280,000-gallon aquarium is the largest of its type located in a single hotel. It is home to nearly 400 fish from more than 70 species.
Because of its size and the sheer number of forms of ocean life that it supports, this unique feature surpasses any mere aquarium and was appropriately named an Oceanarium.
The hotel's team of divers who feed the Oceanarium fish several times a day spellbinds guests and restaurant patrons. Arrangements can be made for the divers to carry and place a sign by Oceanarium windows to mark your special occasions and events.
Daily Feeding Times are 12 noon and 1 p.m., 6:15 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. There is an additional feeding on Sundays at 10:45 a.m. Feeding times may differ for maintenance reasons.
The latest additions to the Oceanarium are a spotted eagle ray and a pelagic stingray. The spotted eagle ray can grow to more than six feet in width and the pelagic stingray is more than three feet in width at maturity with a tail that is twice as long as its body. |