Step into a vast underwater world, where every turn reveals mesmerising marine life and each moment deepens your connection to the oceans. That is exactly what visitors can expect at the newly opened Singapore Oceanarium in Resorts World Sentosa.
This expansive, state-of-the-art attraction has been designed not just to wow with its stunning displays, but to inspire through education, conservation, and meaningful experiences.
The Singapore Oceanarium features 22 distinct zones, creating a journey that reflects the ocean’s own complexity—from microscopic beginnings to crushing abyssal depths.
The Surface: Where Wonder Begins
Your odyssey starts at Ocean Wonders, where thousands of moon jellies pulse within one of the world’s largest circular habitats. These 500-million-year-old survivors move in ethereal choreography under specially designed lightings.
From here, the journey fragments into pathways that mirror how life itself branched out across our planet’s waters. Drop of Water shrinks you down to plankton scale beneath a dome that recreates a suspended water droplet, where digital projections reveal the invisible ecosystem that powers all marine life.
Ancient Echoes and Local Treasures
Ancient Waters catapults you millions of years backward, where life-sized animatronics of Dunkleosteus and Xiphactinus remind you that today’s ocean predators are relatively tame descendants. The zone houses modern remnants of this prehistoric world – Australian lungfish, horseshoe crabs, and epaulette sharks that carry ancient DNA in contemporary forms.
But perhaps the most locally resonant zone is Singapore’s Coast, where the facility showcases species from our own mangrove shores. Archerfish demonstrate their remarkable hunting techniques, while projection mapping brings coastal creatures to life across realistic rockwork. It’s a reminder that marine wonder exists right on our shore.
Living Architecture: The Reef Builders
Coral Gardens showcases one of the world’s largest live coral displays, revealing both the delicate beauty and crucial functionality of these living architects. Hard and soft corals create intricate structures alongside giant clams that filter surrounding waters. The adjacent moray eel crawl tunnel offers intimate encounters with these secretive reef residents.
The Predator Zones: Power and Grace
Shark Seas commands respect with its tunnel walkthrough and massive viewing panel. Sand tiger sharks, scalloped hammerheads, and sandbar sharks demonstrate the fluid power that’s kept them virtually unchanged for millions of years. The accompanying AR experience reveals reproduction complexities that challenge every shark stereotype.
The sprawling Open Ocean zone centres around the facility’s most expansive habitat and viewing panel. Here, manta rays and spotted eagle rays glide through endless blue in displays that create genuine illusions of being submerged in open water. It’s where the oceanarium achieves its most ambitious goal – making you forget you’re in an artificial environment.
Where Conservation Meets Discovery
What sets the Singapore Oceanarium apart is its strong focus on purpose-driven engagement. For those wanting more than just breathtaking visuals, the Oceanarium offers curated programmes that take visitors closer to marine science and conservation efforts. The signature Singapore Oceanarium Insider Experience, for example, places visitors behind the scenes of this massive operation, showcasing the care and science that keep these marine environments thriving. Here, you’ll gain access to operational areas, learn from aquarists, and see conservation in action.
Come for the sheer wonder of the Open Ocean habitat, stay for the hands-on workshops, or simply show your support to marine science and conservation.
Ticketing information
Admission fees: From $42 (Singapore residents) or $50 (non-residents) for adults. Children and seniors get discounted rates.
