Sea Otters
Enjoy the antics of our playful southern sea otters as they romp, tumble and wrestle like their brethren in the bay. On the second floor of the exhibit you can watch them swim at the surface, while first-floor windows give an underwater view. Feeding and training sessions are held three times daily.
Exhibit News
For the second time ever, a rescued sea otter pup has gone on exhibit. The female otter, currently known as “502,” is 16 weeks old and weighs just over 17 pounds. She was found stranded on Morro Strand State Beach June 30, and visitors can see her playing and learning from her companion, 12-year-old Joy.
Did You Know?
- Sea otters have the world's densest fur—up to a million hairs per square inch! (You have 100,000 hairs or less on your whole head.)
- Sea otters live in loose-knit groups called rafts. Otters in rafts often sleep side-by-side, wrapped in strands of kelp so that they don't drift far from each other.
- Training and "enrichment" games keep our otters mentally and physically stimulated; it also makes working with the otters safer for us and less stressful for them.
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