Check out the latest marine animals at the Island Bay Marine Education Centre. Visit "Our Oceans" classroom on the next Open Day! Be amazed by these animals and be ready to learn!

Baby Kingfish latest additions for June 08 Open Day!

4th of June, 2008 - Visit on our next Open Day and meet our new juvenile kingfish. These amazing captive bred specimens given to us from tanks at NIWA (below) have settled into our kelp tank very well!

Octopus mum cares for 100's of eggs !

7th of APRIL, 2008 - One of our octopus's has been caring for her eggs for the last few weeks. Hopefully, these incredibly cute animals will hatch in time for our next Open Day this Sunday! Once born we will release them back into the ocean.

Marble fish visits Marine Education Centre!

The marble fish, with its amazing patterns and colour, sits atop our friendly carpet shark!.

Glass shrimp enjoys a scallop platform!

Not easy to see below because of its see through body, a glass shrimp sits on top of one our scallops. These are often food for seahorses, found on our own amazing coastline.

Do you know what a Pteropod is?

The pteropod is known as the "potato chip" of the oceans because it is eaten widely. It is one of the world's strangest and smallest sea creatures, growing to no bigger than the size of a lentil. They are incredibly important sources of food for fish and scientists are currently using them to study the health of the oceans.

source: http://community.livejournal.com/ocean_discovery/12642.html

Wow! We had baby squid hatch from eggs found on our very own seawater intake pipes! Baby squid! They're now swimming the ocean!

Actual size...under 10mm long! This shot is of the eggs with several new entrants to the world! Many of these cute sea creatures have already been gently released into the ocean.

....constantly on the move, they will mesmerize you if you get a chance to see them in person!

The image below includes a small bubble on the surface of the tank, yes theyre cute and small!

Baby Squid images taken by Jan Nauta from www.epicpictures.com (Amazing!)

Meet the newest and now the biggest member of our lobster family!

A huge 6kg Spiny Red Rock Lobster, gifted by local diver Chris!