Celebrate Our Estuaries
This year, celebrate National Estuaries Week with our Alabama Aquarium crew.
Salt Marsh Excursion
This excursion gives you the chance to become the marine scientist for the day and get an up close look at the inhabitants of the salt marsh habitat.
Research Vessel Excursion
Join a professional Dauphin Island Sea Lab Educator for a two-hour boat trip in the waters surrounding Dauphin Island.
DISL Research Lab Guided Tour
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the research labs of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab.
Ship to Shore Chat with E/V Nautilus
Join the live chat at the Alabama Aquarium with the scientists, engineers, and educators on board the Exploration Vessel Nautilus.
Tank or Treat
You can have a close encounter with some creepy, crawly critters, compare real bones and specimens to Halloween bone decor.
Underwater Pumpkin Carving
Our divers are going to challenge their pumpkin carving skills underwater. Join us to see them work and chat with them.
Beach, Dune, and Maritime Forest Excursion
Take a walk through the maritime forest, then on to the dunes and beach. You will learn about native plants and the benefits of an intact dune system.
SeaPerch ROV Competition
Discovery Hall Programs and UMS Wright Preparatory School will co-host the Alabama SeaPerch ROV Competition. In this competition, students drive (fly) an ROV based on the SeaPerch design that they have built to complete pool-based courses.
MATE Northern Gulf Coast Regional ROV Competition
In this competition, student teams, facilitated by their teachers/mentors/coaches, design, build, and test their own unique ROV before coming to the Dauphin Island Sea Lab to compete against student teams from across the Gulf coast in a series of science-based missions.
