Shark Tunnel at the Georgia Aquarium

A shark tunnel (or aquarium tunnel, acrylic tunnel and exhibit tunnel) is an underwater tunnel that passes through an aquarium, typically with sharks and related aquatic life. They are usually made of thick acrylic glass.[1]

Most aquarium tunnels are cylindrical in shape, though tunnels can be made elliptical (to make them wider and still keep the top of the tunnel closer to the visitors), or even square.[2]

List of aquariums with shark tunnels

This list is sorted alphabetically by aquarium name.

Aquarium name Location Length of tunnel Depth of tunnel floor in aquarium Tank size
Adventure Aquarium Camden, New Jersey, United States 40 ft (12 m) 9 ft (2.7 m) 550,000 US gal (2,100,000 L)
Antalya Aquarium[3] Antalya, Turkey 430 ft (131 m) 11 ft (3.7 m) 1,300,000 US gal (5,000,000 L)
Aquaria KLCC[4] Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 300 ft (90 m)  ?  ?
Aquarium Barcelona[5] Barcelona, Spain 260 ft (80 m) 16 ft (5 m) 980,000 US gal (3,700,000 L)
Aquarium of the Bay[6] San Francisco, California, United States 300 ft (91 m)  ? 700,000 US gal (2,600,000 L)
Aquarium of Western Australia Perth, Western Australia, Australia 322 ft (98 m)  ? 790,000 US gal (3,000,000 L)
Audubon Aquarium of the Americas New Orleans, Louisiana, United States 30 ft (9.1 m) ? ?
California Academy of Sciences
(rainforest exhibit)[7]		 San Francisco, California, United States 25 ft (7.6 m)  ? 100,000 US gal (380,000 L)
Cebu Ocean Park Cebu City, Philippines  ?  ?  ?
Dallas World Aquarium Dallas, Texas, United States  ?  ?  ?
Deep Sea World North Queensferry, Fife, Scotland 367 ft (112 m) 9.8 ft (3 m)[8] 1,000,000 imp gal (4,500,000 L; 1,200,000 US gal)
Oceanium at Diergaarde Blijdorp Rotterdam, the Netherlands ? ? ?
Downtown Aquarium, Denver Denver, Colorado, United States  ?  ?  ?
Downtown Aquarium, Houston Houston, Texas, United States  ?  ?  ?
Dubai Mall Aquarium - Underwater Zoo[9] Dubai, United Arab Emirates 167 ft (51 m)  ? 2,600,000 US gal (10,000,000 L)
Funtastic Aquariums Anzali Anzali, Iran 111 ft (34 m) 14 ft (4.5 m) 370,000 US gal (1,400,000 L)
Funtastic Aquariums Izmir İzmir, Turkey 39 ft (12 m) 11 ft (3.5 m) 400,000 US gal (1,500,000 L)
Georgia Aquarium Atlanta, Georgia, United States 100 ft (30 m) 20–30 ft (6.1–9.1 m) 6,300,000 US gal (24,000,000 L)
Greater Cleveland Aquarium[10] Cleveland, Ohio, United States 175 ft (53 m) 9 ft (2.7 m) 230,000 US gal (870,000 L)
Henry Doorly Zoo Omaha, Nebraska, United States 70 ft (21 m) 17 ft (5.2 m) 900,000 US gal (3,400,000 L)
Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium Auckland, New Zealand 72 ft (22 m) 8 ft (2.4 m) 400,000 US gal (1,500,000 L)
Manila Ocean Park Manila, Philippines  ?  ?  ?
Maui Ocean Center Maalaea, Hawaii, United States 54 ft (16 m)  ? 750,000 US gal (2,800,000 L)
National Aquarium Denmark (Blue Planet)[11] Kastrup, Copenhagen, Denmark 52 ft (16 m)  ? 1,100,000 US gal (4,000,000 L)
National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium[12] Checheng Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan 260 ft (80 m)  ? 1,500,000 US gal (5,700,000 L)
Nausicaä Centre National de la Mer[13] Boulogne-sur-Mer, France 59 ft (18 m)  ? 2,600,000 US gal (10,000,000 L)
Newport Aquarium Newport, Kentucky, United States 85 ft (26 m) 13 ft (4.0 m) † 380,000 US gal (1,400,000 L)
Ocean Park Hong Kong Hong Kong  ?  ?  ?
Oklahoma Aquarium Jenks, Oklahoma, United States 90 ft (27 m) 12–14 ft (3.7–4.3 m) 500,000 US gal (1,900,000 L)
Oregon Coast Aquarium Newport, Oregon, United States 175 ft (53 m)  ? 1,320,000 US gal (5,000,000 L)
Parc Aquarium du Québec Quebec City, Quebec, Canada  ?  ? 92,000 US gal (350,000 L)
Polaria[14] Tromsø, Norway  ?  ?  ?
Ripley's Aquarium Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States 330 ft (100 m)  ? 750,000 US gal (2,800,000 L)
Ripley's Aquarium of Canada[15] Toronto, Ontario, Canada 315 ft (96 m) 770,000 US gal (2,900,000 L)
SeaWorld Orlando Orlando, Florida, United States 60 ft (18 m)  ?  ?
Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World Bangkok, Thailand  ?  ?  ?
SEA LIFE Minnesota Aquarium Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 300 ft (91 m)  ?  ?
SeaWorld San Diego[16] San Diego, California, United States 57 ft (17 m)  ? 280,000 US gal (1,100,000 L)
Shanghai Ocean Aquarium[17] Shanghai, China 390 ft (120 m)  ? 580,000 US gal (2,200,000 L)
Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay Las Vegas, Nevada, United States  ?  ?  ?
Shedd Aquarium(upcoming) Chicago, Illinois, United States  ?  ?  ?
Sydney Aquarium Sydney, Australia  ?  ? 530,000 US gal (2,000,000 L)
Taraporewala Aquarium Mumbai, India 12 ft (3.7 m)  ?  ?
Turkuazoo[18] Istanbul, Turkey 262 ft (80 m)  ?  ?
The National Aquarium Abu Dhabi, UAE 167 ft (51 m) 11 ft (3.5 m) 930,000 US gal (3,500,000 L)
Underwater World[19] Langkawi, Malaysia 49 ft (15 m)  ? 130,000 US gal (500,000 L)
Underwater World[20] Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia  ?  ?  ?
Underwater World[21] Sentosa, Singapore 272 ft (83 m)  ?  ?
Vinpearl Underwater World[22] Nha Trang, Vietnam  ?  ?  ?
Afrykarium at the Wrocław Zoo Wrocław, Poland 59 ft (18 m)  ?  ?

† — Estimated based on top of tunnel being 4 ft (1.2 m) under the surface and 9 ft (2.7 m) to bottom of tunnel.

See also

Notes

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