We recommend coming at least 45 minutes before closing time to make the most of your visit.
Winter Opening Hours
November – March: Open 11am-4pm, Saturday to Wednesday
Christmas Opening Hours:
The aquarium will be open from 11am – 4pm except on the following days: 25th, 26th, 27th, 31st Dec, 1st, 2nd, 3rd Jan. Open Wednesday 28th, Thursday 29th and Friday 30th December 11am-4pm
Summer Opening Hours
April – October: Open 10am-4pm Monday to Friday, 11am-5pm Saturday and Sunday
Prices
Adult – day ticket: £5.90, annual ticket: £36.60
Child (aged 3-15) – day ticket: £2.95, annual ticket: £22.80
Senior – day ticket: £3.65, annual ticket: £28.55
Family (2 adults, 2 children) – day ticket: £16.30, annual ticket: £70.00
Day tickets are VALID ALL DAY so you can come and go as often as you like.
RSPB members can visit the aquarium for free on Tuesdays between 1st April and 31st August 2011.
Contact the aquarium for details of our special admission rates for groups of 10 or more and carers.
How to Get Here
The aquarium is situated on the High Shore of Macduff, just east of the Harbour. There is a large car park with space for coaches.
By Road
From Aberdeen – take the A947 through Dyce, Old Meldrum and Turriff. Turn off for Macduff and follow the signs past the harbour to the aquarium. Travel time: 1 hour
From Fraserburgh – take the A98 which goes right through Macduff. Turn off at the Plough Inn, before you reach the harbour, and follow the signs for the aquarium. Travel time: 40 minutes
From Elgin – take the A96 until Fochabers and join the A98 towards Fraserburgh. Go through Banff and on to Macduff. Pass the harbour and turn left, following the signs for the aquarium. Travel time: 50 minutes
By Bus
From Aberdeen or Elgin – take the bus number 305 Elgin/Aberdeen via Coast. Call Traveline on 0870 6082608 for times.
Sat Nav
AB44 1SL; Latitude: 57.67; Longitude: -2.48
For a map of where to find us click here.
Access for All
The building is all on one level and suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs. Disabled-access toilets and baby changing facilities are available.
Food and Drink
There is no café at the aquarium – although drinks, sweets and ice creams are available in the gift shop and there are picnic benches outside. Aquarium staff are happy to help with information on places to eat locally. NO FOOD OR DRINK IS ALLOWED WITHIN THE AQUARIUM.
Children's Quizzes
There are quizzes available for children to complete during their visit (with a monthly prize draw) and free colouring sheets to take away.
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
2.00pm Estuary and rock pool displays
Wednesdays
12.30pm Ray pool, deep reef and muddy sea floor displays
2.00pm Diving
Thursdays
2.00pm Estuary and rock pool displays
Fridays
2.00pm Ray pool
Saturdays
12.30pm Estuary and rock pool displays
2.00pm Diving
Sundays
12.30pm Ray pool, deep reef and muddy sea floor displays
2.00pm Diving
