DIVE/FEEDING TIMES
The aquarium’s fish and invertebrates are fed regularly through the week, although not every day as it is actually unhealthy to overfeed them. Contact the aquarium or check at Reception when you arrive, to find out which tanks are getting fed on the day you visit.

Diving in the aquarium’s kelp reef exhibit takes place three times a week. Divers hand-feed the fish while guides give a talk about the marine life in the aquarium’s main theatre and visitors watch from the main window. When it’s busy, tickets for the dive shows are handed out to visitors as they arrive, to guarantee them a seat in the theatre. It is possible to phone on the day of your visit to reserve tickets to see the divers. Divers also have to clean the windows of any algae that grows on them and, from time to time, they even have to hoover the tank!

Please Note – Diving operations at the aquarium are strictly regulated by the Health and Safety Executive, the aquarium reserves the right to remain flexible about dive times and frequency and a dive is not guaranteed to go ahead until the day, even a diver with a cold could mean that a dive has to be cancelled.

General Schedule of Diving and Feeding Shows

Mondays	No feeding
Tuesdays	2.30pm, Estuary and rock pool displays
Wednesdays	2.00pm, Diving
	3.30pm, Ray pool, deep reef and muddy sea floor displays
Thursdays	2.30pm, Estuary and rock pool displays
Fridays	No feeding (winter), 2.30pm, Ray pool
Saturdays	2.00pm, Diving
	3.30pm, Estuary and rock pool displays
Sundays	2.00pm, Diving
	3.30pm, Ray pool, deep reef and muddy sea floor displays