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Shark Cage Experience

Denver Shark Cage

Take the plunge in our NEW Shark Cage. Get a panoramic view of our 400,000-gallon Shipwreck exhibit and encounter Sand Tiger sharks, Sandbar sharks, Zebra sharks, Blacktip sharks, Bamboo sharks and hundreds of other fish.

An A-1 Scuba guide will assist in fitting each guest with the proper equipment. Participants will be briefed on the basics of breathing from a surface-supplied regulator. You’ll be guided and assisted into our large underwater cage!

Dates: Daily
Times: Various
Pre-registration required (online or call 303-789-2450)
Cost: $155 per person
Includes:

  • • A-1 Scuba & Travel Aquatics Center professional dive guide
  • • All necessary equipment: mask, exposure suit, footwear, beanie, and gloves
  • • Approximately 20 minutes underwater
  • • One (1) Aquarium admission for yourself (that day).

Details:

  • • For ages 8 and above
  • • No prior diving experience necessary
  • • NO DIVING CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
  • • Must be in good health and complete a liability release
  • • Can accommodate up to six guests at one time
  • • Important: Please bring shoes (Keens, flip-flops, water shoes, etc) to wear on the wet deck. Sorry, no bare feet allowed.


Swim With The Fish

Whether you’ve only snorkeled at the local swimming pool or in the tropics, you’ll love Swimming with the Fish at the Denver Downtown Aquarium, where you’ll swim with Stingrays, a school of Cownose Rays, Moray Eels, Drums, Grouper and hundreds of other exotic underwater animals.

Dates: Daily
Times: Various
Pre-registration required (online or call 303-789-2450)
Cost: $125 per person
Includes:

  • • Snorkel dive in the Under the Sea exhibit
  • • One (1) Aquarium admission for yourself (that day). Simply pick up your wristband at the Member Services window, located inside the main entrance
  • • The use of all Snorkeling Equipment, Exposure Suit, Beanie, and Gloves
  • • Professional Dive Guide from A-1 Scuba & Travel Aquatics Center will assist you throughout your entire experience
  • • Coupon for $100.00 off a SeaLife Underwater Camera Set

Details:

  • • Ages 6 and up
  • • NO DIVING CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
  • • Private group snorkel trips available
  • • Complete the Aquarium Snorkeling Waiver (PDF) and provide it to your guide at the aquarium
  • • VERY IMPORTANT: We will do our very best to accommodate those with special needs. In some situations this may necessitate trained assistants. Therefore, please contact us in advance if you, or someone you know who will be participating in the Swim with the Fish will need assistance. For special needs questions, please call (303) 789-2450.


To schedule a private program, please call 303-789-2450.
*Please contact us in advance if you or someone participating will need assistance. In some situations this may require trained assistants. For special needs questions, please call the number above.