Penguin Encounter

61 reviews

Penguin Encounter, San Diego, CA 92109

seaworld.com

+16192263900

About

Penguin Encounter is a Aquarium located at Penguin Encounter, San Diego, CA 92109. It has received 61 reviews with an average rating of 4.4 stars.

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Hours

Monday10AM-6PM
Tuesday10AM-6PM
Wednesday10AM-6PM
Thursday10AM-6PM
Friday10AM-6PM
Saturday10AM-6PM
Sunday10AM-6PM

F.A.Q

Frequently Asked Questions

  • The address of Penguin Encounter: Penguin Encounter, San Diego, CA 92109

  • Penguin Encounter has 4.4 stars from 61 reviews

  • Aquarium

  • "Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible exhibit to see the penguins, but VERY DARK INSIDE IN SUMMER, SO I DO NOT RECOMMEND COMING IN SUMMER"

    "Experience Depends on when you go, in the warmer months, the penguin exhibit will be darker, you will not be allowed to take pictures"

    "Not much to see right now due to the fact that they're pretending that those animals are living in antarctica"

    "Very nice, but its difficult to see the penhiluins and there is too much ambient lighting in the viewing area to see much of the habitat"

    "Los ventanales están tan sucios que molesta a la vista para observar a los pingüinos y ya del olor ni hablamos, se siente incluso desde antes de entrar, no es culpa de los animalitos, el personal no está prestando la suficiente atención
    Visited on
    Weekday
    Wait time
    No wait
    Reservation recommended
    Yes"

Reviews

  • Alexandra

Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible exhibit to see the penguins, but VERY DARK INSIDE IN SUMMER, SO I DO NOT RECOMMEND COMING IN SUMMER. Experience: in summertime here in San Diego, Sea World has the penguin exhibit EXTREMELY dark inside, to copy the real experience they would have in the wild. You can't see anything, so I recommend coming to Sea World in other seasons if you want to see penguins. Still very educational, though! There is also a penguin-specific gift shop inside the penguin building.
Visited on
Public holiday
Wait time
No wait
Reservation recommended
Yes
Price for adult entry
$31+

  • Dylan Escobar

Experience Depends on when you go, in the warmer months, the penguin exhibit will be darker, you will not be allowed to take pictures. In the colder months it will be brighter, and you will be able to see the penguins, they also have puffins.
Visited on
Weekend
Wait time
No wait
Reservation recommended
No
Price for adult entry
Free

  • Wayne Hamrick

Not much to see right now due to the fact that they're pretending that those animals are living in antarctica. In other words, it's so dark that you can't see virtually Anything there until they turn the lights on again.
Visited on
Weekday
Wait time
Up to 10 min
Reservation recommended
Yes
Price for adult entry
$31+

  • M B

Very nice, but its difficult to see the penhiluins and there is too much ambient lighting in the viewing area to see much of the habitat. I get that the penguins need darkness, but make it darker in the people are and keep the glass clean!
Visited on
Weekend
Wait time
No wait
Reservation recommended
No

  • Rosario Rivera Peñuñuri

Los ventanales están tan sucios que molesta a la vista para observar a los pingüinos y ya del olor ni hablamos, se siente incluso desde antes de entrar, no es culpa de los animalitos, el personal no está prestando la suficiente atención
Visited on
Weekday
Wait time
No wait
Reservation recommended
Yes

  • Seth Bronson

The Penguins are great. The environment and penguins do seem over crowded and its sticky. The smell was to be expected. They are birds and birds are not very clean. Over all it was nice the out door environment seemed a better captivity. Cleaner less crowded for the animals.

  • Nikki Lane

Love these little guys. It was pretty dark inside there at the time of our last visit. They were pretty hard to see. But the Antarctic penguins were outside and the puffins were entertaining inside.
Visited on
Weekend
Wait time
No wait

  • Sir Jones 78

Got in Sea World on free veterans tickets. My son loves the penguin exhibit and it is the nicest I've seen.
Visited on
Weekday
Wait time
No wait
Reservation recommended
Yes
Price for adult entry
Free

  • L A

Terrible lighting and not much to see as the the glass was dirty and lost of condensation.
Visited on
Weekday
Wait time
No wait
Reservation recommended
Not sure
Price for adult entry
Free

  • Max Barrett

Makes you feel sad for the animals being caged up like that.
Visited on
Weekend
Wait time
No wait
Reservation recommended
Yes
Price for adult entry
$31+

  • 91978SLITTLE

It's always good to see the penguins, just smelly.
Visited on
Weekday
Wait time
No wait
Reservation recommended
Yes
Price for adult entry
Free

  • Heather Vindel

Smells awful, but so entertaining!
Visited on
Weekday
Wait time
No wait
Reservation recommended
Yes
Price for adult entry
$31+

  • Sean Castillo

Fantastic
Visited on
Weekend
Wait time
No wait
Reservation recommended
Yes
Price for adult entry
Free

  • Joceline Lopez

The Penguin exhibit is awesome to see. It was a bit packed but I was still able to get a nice view of the penguins.

  • Sadaf Zehra

Penguins and their brief introduction shared in an incredibly communicative manner.

  • Derrick Roh

It is all good and fun with these penguins until you smell that sea odour.

  • Mexicana en México

Mal olor, descuidado, el ventanal súper sucio ! No era así …

  • J Jacobson

Always fun and educational. I want to take them all home!

  • Christopher Richard

Relativ große Pinguin Anlage. Mehrere Fütterungen am Tag.

  • YuriyS

Beautiful attraction! Penguins are beautiful!

  • Andrea Sneed

Kids loved seeing the penguins.

  • Dãku Kaioshin

Best spot to chill on a hot day

  • Fabian Raygosa

interesting creatures

  • Ivan ST

Beautiful creatures

  • Yulia

Cute penguins

  • Vikalap Gupta

Cute penguins

  • 顏士傑

他們已經實現企鵝自由了!

  • Falguni Roy

Great place

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