If you are in Seward I recommend visiting the Alaska Sea Life Center. It costs about $30 per person. If you book online they have two hour blocks. They seemed to range from $25-35 depending on the time. Since I didn’t know exactly what time I was going to be there, I waited until I got there to purchase my ticket and I paid on the high end of that range. 

You enter in the doors up ahead. Tickets can be purchased on the right. The gift shop is on the left. They have stairs, an escalator, and an elevator. 

Right behind where I was standing is where you will find the discovery classroom, elevators, and restrooms.

There are several photo ops and information on Alaskan Seafood. 

I picked up some recipe cards from that table on the left.

It’s really cool the way these blend in.

These are touch tanks. I didn’t touch any of them.

Next there’s an area where you can see some steller sea lions outside. Steller sea lions are near-threatened. There was a time when killing them was encouraged because they were seen as a threat to the commercial fishing industry due to the amount of fish they consume.

There are two sea lions in this area. Both of them went from the big pool to the small pool. Then one returned to the big pool while the other stayed in the small pool.

These are Steller’s Eiders which are a threatened species that they are trying to grow here.

These are baby salmon.

These are adult salmon.

Just beyond the salmon is a Resurrection Bay view point.

Back inside there are a few enclosures. Those are for sea birds, harbor seals, and steller sea lions.

This is a puffin in the sea bird enclosure.

These are ducks. Downstairs we’re going to get to see the underwater portion of these enclosures.

This is the steller sea lion enclosure.

Moving into the harbor seal enclosure. This sign references one but there were two harbor seals.

This is a look at the underwater portion of the harbor seal enclosure.

Getting to see the puffin basically flying under water was one of my favorite things to see here.

The steller sea lion under water enclosure was another favorite of mine.

A lady was sitting in front of a bench on the side window of the enclosure. She walked away saying “he’s never going to come over here.” As soon as she left I went and stood by the glass. He started buzzing me repeatedly while I was standing there.

Also in the downstairs area they have an octopus and some jellyfish.

You exit downstairs. There’s a coffee/snack cart and vending machines there by the gift shop.

I spent an hour and a half at the Alaska Sea Life Center and I would go back to watch the seals, sea lions, and puffins again.