Camps at Loggerhead Marinelife Center

Camps at Loggerhead Marinelife Center include summer camp sessions where participants take part in hands-on learning and educational experiences focused on sea turtles and the ocean. Campers may observe sea turtle patients, engage with marine experts, explore interactive exhibits, and see exhibits and the patients in the outdoor sea turtle hospital. Participants can also visit the marine-themed gift store and may take part in beach cleanups and research on sea turtles as part of the broader programs offered at the Center.

• Schedule: Open daily 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Price: Free admission

Loggerhead Marinelife Center hosts thousands of school children each year through field trips, outreach programs, summer camp, and other educational experiences, and more than 300,000 visitors come each year to see the exhibits and the sea turtle hospital patients. The Center’s mission is to promote conservation of ocean ecosystems with a special focus on threatened and endangered sea turtles. Loggerhead Marinelife Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit sea turtle research, rehabilitation, education, and conservation facility and is one of Florida’s most visited nonprofit scientific destinations. More than 40 years ago, Eleanor Fletcher started what is now Loggerhead Marinelife Center, which has since grown into a 12,000 square foot certified “green” facility with a state-of-the-art full service veterinary hospital, exhibit hall, outdoor classroom, research lab, resource center, and marine-themed gift store. Loggerhead Marinelife Center was named the No. 1 “Best Free Attraction” in USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards back-to-back for 2024–25.

Last updated February 16, 2026.