July 14, 2024

Adventure Aquarium to offer month of events for 'Shark Summer'

From July 15 through Aug. 18, the aquarium will host shark-themed activities, shows and behind-the-scenes tours.

By Franki Rudnesky
PhillyVoice Staff

Provided Image/Adventure Aquarium

Adventure Aquarium is hosting the Shark Summer festival from Monday, July 15, through Sunday, Aug. 18. The festivities will include shark-themed shows, activities, visits from the Scuba Tooth Fairy and behind-the-scenes tours.

Discovery's "Shark Week" may have just ended, but a local attraction is keeping the fun going with a month of shark-themed programming.

Adventure Aquarium, located on the Camden waterfront, is hosting "Shark Summer" from Monday, July 15, through Sunday, Aug. 18. The offerings will include shark-themed shows, activities and behind-the-scenes tours.

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Shark Summer will feature daily dives by the Scuba Tooth Fairy in the aquarium's Ocean Realm exhibit. Sharks lose about 30,000 teeth in their lifetimes, and the Scuba Tooth Fairy will search through sand in the exhibit for shark teeth of all shapes and sizes.

Also during the festival, visitors can engage in free "shark-tivities" such as viewing a shark-themed light show in the Rotunda, checking out a Shark Talk with a shark expert, watching a 3-D shark movie or testing their shark knowledge during a trivia game show. Visitors can also pay extra to snorkel with the aquarium's sandbar and sand tiger sharks, or to get a behind-the-scenes tour of the Shark Realm exhibit.

🦈 Dive into Shark Summer from July 15 to August 18! Enjoy jaw-some activities and daily dives with the Scuba Tooth Fairy, collecting teeth from the largest shark collection in the northeast. 🦷🌊

Don't miss out, get your tickets today: https://t.co/7chPAKkafG pic.twitter.com/jCa7umX1jx
— Adventure Aquarium (@AdventureAqua) July 12, 2024

Adventure Aquarium contains the "Northeast’s largest collection of sharks," including critically endangered species like the great hammerhead shark and the sand tiger shark. Along with the Shark Summer festivities, the aquarium offers unique ways to see sharks, like the 40-foot Shark Tunnel and the suspended Shark Bridge, the largest of its kind.