Prices and support options

Entry Options

  • Individual Entry: $10

  • Yearly Unlimited Pass: $100

  • LoyaltyCard (12 Visits): $100

  • School Groups(Regular Hours): $200

  • Outside Hours Individual Visit: $20

  • 1-Hour Guided Tour: $50

Combo Ticket Options

  • Couples Combo – $65
    Includes 2 individual entries and a 1-hour guided tour. A great way to explore together and save.

  • Family Pack – $130
    Includes 4 individual entries plus a 12-visit loyalty card. Ideal for families or frequent visitors.

  • B&B Partner Pack – $280
    Includes one loyalty card and two yearly passes. Perfect for local hosts offering guests a unique experience.

  • School Day Combo – $230
    Includes school group entry and a guided tour. Combines fun and learning for students.

  • Rainy Day Duo – $80
    Includes 2 outside-hours entries and a guided tour. A cosy indoor option for wet weather days.

  • Local Partner Pack – Variable
    Locals enter free when accompanying paying visitors. Visitors pay 80% of standard entry or tour price. A great way to share the experience with guests while supporting the aquarium.

Adopt a Fish – Support the Southernmost Coral Reef

Become an adoptive parent to one of our fascinating fish and help us care for the southernmost coral reef, located right here on Stewart Island. Your support helps us maintain a vibrant marine ecosystem and grow a unique facility that connects people with the wonders of the ocean.

What’s included in your adoption:

  • Free Yearly Access
    Enjoy unlimited visits to our aquarium for a full year. Come spend time with your adopted fish and explore the reef’s incredible biodiversity.

  • Name or Rename a Fish
    Give your fish a name that reflects its personality. Your chosen name will be displayed on its information panel in the aquarium and featured on our website.

  • Adoptive Parent Recognition
    Your name, or your family’s name, will be listed as the official adoptive parent, both in the aquarium and online.

  • Exclusive Adopter Merchandise
    Receive a special Adopter’s Pack with fun, fish-themed merchandise to celebrate your support.

  • Digital Adoption Certificate
    A personalized certificate will commemorate your adoption – perfect for gifts or keepsakes.

  • Seasonal Fish Updates
    Stay connected with your fish through seasonal updates and photos, so you can follow its journey throughout the year.

By adopting a fish, you're helping us protect and nurture one of the world’s most unique marine environments. Your support keeps our Stewart Island aquarium thriving and helps us share the magic of the southernmost coral reef with visitors from near and far.

Coral Bank – Invest in the Southernmost Coral Reef (Spoiler: You Won’t Get Rich)

Welcome to Coral Bank, Stewart Island’s most colorful and slightly ridiculous investment opportunity! Here’s your chance to help us grow the southernmost coral reef – and maybe, just maybe, earn a little something back (no yachts, sorry).

Here’s how it works:

We grow coral colonies in our aquarium. When they get big and beautiful, we frag them – that means we carefully chop them into smaller pieces that can regrow into new corals. These baby corals can then be sold to other aquariums, reef keepers, or marine nerds. And here’s the twist: if you hold a share in a coral colony, you get a cut of the sale.

It’s like Monopoly, but with polyps.

What you get as a Coral Bank supporter:

  • Grow Coral, Get Shares
    Your contribution helps us buy and grow coral colonies. You’ll hold a share in a living, growing piece of reef.

  • Profit Sharing (Kind Of)
    When your coral gets fragged and sold, you’ll receive a small share of the proceeds. It won’t buy you a boat, but it might buy you a coffee. Or a sticker.

  • Name a Coral Colony
    Give your coral a name – serious, silly, or scientific. It’ll be displayed in the aquarium and on our website.

  • Recognition on the Reef
    Your name will be listed as a Coral Bank shareholder, proudly displayed for all to see.

  • Coral Bank Welcome Pack
    Get some reef-themed goodies to show off your status as a certified coral investor.

  • Digital Certificate of Reef Ownership
    A personalized certificate to prove you own a piece of the reef (well, kind of).

  • Seasonal Updates
    We’ll send you updates on your coral’s progress – growth, fragging, and sales – so you can track your reef empire.

By joining Coral Bank, you’re helping us build a sustainable, quirky, and community-powered reef system. It’s marine science meets micro-investing, with a splash of fun.