Touch Tanks

Get hands-on experience with aquatic animals at one of our touch tanks. Specimens will be available for students to explore and touch.

Weather Station 

The Dauphin Island Sea Lab is an active weather station providing local information to the National Weather Service of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Mobile. Located in the Estuarium is a 27-inch monitor connected to weather recording equipment and to instruments nine feet under water in Government Cut. The instruments continuously record water temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen at this depth. Air temperature, wind speed and direction are also recorded.