Our mission is to provide a top quality, world-class marine life facility that will foster environmental education, conservation, and research, while simultaneously providing entertainment for visitors of all ages.

The South Carolina Aquarium is home to over 10,000 plants and animals including river otters, rattlesnakes, loggerhead sea turtles, alligators, Venus flytraps, great blue herons, hawks, owls, sea horses, jellyfish, pufferfish, moray eels, horseshoe crabs, starfish, pythons, sea dragons and sharks. Some are rare and exotic.