Seaquaria

As Ocean Week Victoria comes to an end, we would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has participated or contributed to this wonderful volunteer initiative. 🩵

Today marks the last day of Ocean Week Victoria! What better way than to celebrate World Ocean Day! This day creates space for people all over the world to join together to love, honour, protect, and advocate for the ocean! 🌊

However you are celebrating today, thank you for supporting the ocean that continuously supports us. 🌎🫶🏼

Only ONE more sleep until we kick off Ocean Week Victoria at the Gorge Splashtacular Ocean Festival!! 🌊🥳🐋🎉

Stop by the Gorge Waterway Nature House tomorrow (Saturday May 30th) from 12:00 to 4:00pm to celebrate all things ocean related! 🐠

🎊 Touch tank demonstrations with live, local species
🎊 Local exhibitors (check out all of our countdown posts to read about the wonderful organizations attending the event!)
🎊 An arts and crafts station
🎊 Ocean themed games
🎊 AND MORE!

SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW 🤩💙☀️🌊

Can you believe the Gorge Splashtacular Ocean festival is only two days away!? 🥳🥳

If you stop by the Gorge Waterway Nature House on Saturday May 30th (12:00pm to 4:00pm) you will find:
🦀 Touch tank demonstrations with live, local species
🐙 Excited local exhibitors
🦀 An arts and crafts station
🐙 Ocean themed games
🦀 AND MORE!

See you Saturday! ☀️

🐠🐠🐠 3 MORE DAYS! 🐠🐠🐠

Tell all your ocean loving friends that the Gorge Splashtacular Ocean Festival is THE place to be this Saturday May 30th from 12:00pm to 4:00pm. 🤩

4 more days to go before the Gorge Splashtacular Ocean Festival! 🦀🦀🦀🦀

Swipe through and learn about some more amazing exhibitors you can visit on the day!

When: Saturday May 30th from 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Where: Gorge Waterway Nature House

Don’t be shy… come shell-ebrate with us 🤩🐚

We are officially 5 days away from the Ocean Week Victoria kickoff event! 🤩🥳

Come on down to the Gorge Splashtacular Ocean Festival hosted by and

✨✨ We want to make sure all of our exhibitors get the spotlight they deserve. Be sure to check back daily and swipe through our posts to check out all the amazing organizations that will be at the Gorge Waterway Nature House this Saturday May 30th from 12:00pm to 4:00pm! ✨✨

Sea you all there! 🐙🦀🌊🐋

What the Fish! May 2026 Newsletter -

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Are you excited… Ocean Week is almost here! From May 30 to June 8, organizations and businesses across Victoria will be hosting some amazing events to help people learn and care about our big blue backyard. 🌊🐙🐠

To learn about all Ocean Week Events, you can visit www.oceanweekvictoria.ca but here’s a quick guide highlighting the events that Seaquaria will be participating in:

🦀 The Gorge Splashtacular Ocean Festival - the official kickoff to Ocean Week Victoria hosted by Seaquaria and

🦀 World Ocean Day at Fisherman’s Wharf - Seaquaria will have special guest divers at 11:30am and 1:30pm (subject to change)

🦀 Ocean Opportunities Fair at Tillicum Mall

🦀 World Ocean Day Celebration in Sidney

We can’t wait to see you at these events celebrating the ocean that we love so dearly! 🫶🏼✨🪼

Hey there! 👋🏻 It’s been a while, but welcome back to another Creature Feature Friday! Today we are highlighting a critter we have recently started bringing into the classroom - please say hello to our sweet Red Fur Crab (Acantholithodes hispidus)! 🦀

The red fur crab has quite a few common names including “spiny lithode crab”, “hairy spined crab”, and “fuzzy crab”. If you couldn’t tell by the plethora of names it’s been given, this crab has lots and lots of hairs covering its body and legs.

Its carapace (back part of the main shell) is pear shaped, and their claws are typically bright orange/red with some distinct molar-like teeth on the inside of their claws (see second slide). 🦷🦷

Interestingly, this species is a small type of king crab which makes it more closely related to hermit crabs rather than true crabs (such as red rock and dungeness crabs)! 🐚🦀

What a cutie! 🥹