Blue Ocean Discovery Center Location:
180 Ocean Boulevard, Hampton Beach, NH
The Center is located north of the Sea Shell stage and across from the Hampton Beach Casino complex
Phone: 603-431-0260 (this connects you to our office in Portsmouth)
Starting June 4, 2022, we’ll be open 9:30 AM-5 PM daily until September 5.
Note: we will be following current local, state, and CDC COVID guidelines. At this time, masks are not required but we may limit capacity to allow for social distancing. Thank you for your patience!
Exhibits
- Large touch tank
- Two 100-gallon tanks displaying local tide pool animals and plants
- Display on climate change in the Gulf Maine
- Atlantic white-sided dolphin skeleton
- Whale display and artifacts such as whale baleen and bones
- SmartScope showing magnification of marine animals
- Marine debris exhibit and interactive map
- Old postcards of Hampton Beach
- Self-guided beach cleanup or scavenger hunt activity
Support the Blue Ocean Discovery Center
We greatly appreciate your donations at the Center or online. It costs approximately $30,000 per year to operate the Center, which includes license fees and other fees paid to the State of New Hampshire, staffing, tank maintenance, and updating our displays each year.