The North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher celebrates Discovery Channel’s Shark Week with a weeklong schedule of programs and events. Learn more about these impressive predators at the aquarium!
Shark Week runs from July 27 to August 3. Each day will feature a full schedule of activities that showcase sharks. Along with our daily activities, the July 31 Family Night will feature sharks with activities and costumed characters.
Daily Schedule for Shark Week 2008*
10:00 Film: Eyewitness Sharks
10:30 Cape Fear Shoals Dive Show
11:00 Feeding
11:30 Sharks: Facts and Fiction
12:00 Ultimate Guide: Sharks
12:30 Animal Encounter: Shark Snacks
1:00 Tank Talk
1:30 Sharks Versus Dolphins
2:00 Ultimate Guide to Sharks
2:30 Cape Fear Shoals Dive Show
3:00 Feeding
3:30 Game Show: Sharks: Unique and Wonderful
4:00 Surviving Sharks
Family Night – Shark Night, Thursday, July 31*
5:30 Eyewitness Sharks
6:00 Alligator Feeding
6:30 Program
7:00 Dive Show
7:30 Program
8:00 Ultimate Guide to Sharks
*Program titles subject to change
Are you curious about Cape Fear?
Here's your opportunity to be a Cape Fear Explorer! The Cape Fear Explorer Passport is a great way to discover the history, the science, the culture, and the excitement of the four-county region known as Cape Fear.
After visiting a participating site, including the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher, have your passport stamped before leaving. When you collect six stamps from at least two participating counties, send a copy of your passport to the Cape Fear Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau. By return mail, you will receive the 2008 Cape Fear Explorer patch. Download a copy here.
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Moms and their children interact and learn together about aquarium animals. Afterwards, you can enjoy free playtime in our Freshwater Wonders Room, which will be reserved just for program participants. Different animal topics will be offered each date.
For adults and kids ages 1-3.
Dates: April 1, 12, 15, 29; May 6, 10, 20, 24; June 7, 10; July 1, 5, 15, 29; August 19, 23, 26
Time: 9:00am-10:00am
Fee: $5.00 for one adult and one child ($1.00 for each additional child)
As part of the N.C. Birding Trail, the N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher and surrounding historical and recreation sites offer an excellent way to spend the day exploring a variety of bird habitats, in both developed and undeveloped areas. Along with the trails at the aquarium, the Fort Fisher area offers birders approximately 2,000 acres of undeveloped beachfront, coastal forest, dunes and tidal marshes. As a prime stop on many birds’ migratory paths, Fort Fisher offers visitors the chance to see a large variety of migratory and native bird species.
Donate That Old Rod & Reel! - Rick Wilkinson, a surf-fishing instructor at the aquarium, spends his spare time rebuilding donated rods and reels. He then hands over the good-as-new rigs to area youth groups. Donors bringing Rick their old equipment get free aquarium admission.
