Aquarium of the Pacific
The Aquarium of the Pacific has been a major tourist attraction for Long Beach since opening its doors in 1998. The facility has more than 100 exhibits that display about 12,000 animals found in the Pacific Ocean, including the frigid waters of the Northern Pacific, the Baja region and the coral reefs of the tropical Pacific. The sea otters and Magellanic penguins are especially adorable. Under normal circumstances, about 1.7 million people visit the Aquarium of the Pacific each year, making it the fourth-most visited aquarium in the country.