South - Apollo Beach - The Florida Aquarium Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Center

The Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Center is open Monday-Sunday, 10:00am-4:30pm (last shuttle) until April 15th. It is free to visit and no reservations are required!
Please park at the Manatee Viewing Center and take the shuttle over.

The conservation campus is a 20-acre campus located in Apollo Beach, Florida, and exists as a partnership between the Tampa Electric Company (TECO), The Florida Aquarium, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), and the University of Florida. CFC is an integral part of the 500+-acre Florida Conservation and Technology Center (FCTC), which also includes TECO’s Manatee Viewing Center, Clean Energy and Technology Center, boat launch, kayak and hiking trails, and solar arrays. The Florida Aquarium’s conservation campus is home to the Aquarium’s Coral Conservation and Research Center, Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Center, various research and water quality testing laboratories, and five pollinator gardens. FWC’s Suncoast Youth Conservation Center, Stock Enhancement Research Facility (June 2020), fishing pier and kayak launch are also part of this unique public-private partnership.

FCTC is open to the public between November and April of each year.