# Living Coast Discovery Center: Sweetwater Marsh & Stingray Touch Tanks

> Place to go for families in the San Diego–Chula Vista–Carlsbad area (CA). Times are Pacific Time.

- When: Open daily 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM; Shuttle runs continuously from parking depot
- Dates: Tue, Dec 1 – Sun, Feb 28
- Where: Living Coast Discovery Center, 1000 Gunpowder Point Dr, Chula Vista, CA 91910
- Ages: All ages; hands-on ray feeding and turtle encounters ideal for toddlers and kids; stroller friendly
- Price: $20 adults; $15 youth ages 3–12; free for children under 3; free parking & shuttle
- Schedule: Open daily 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM; Shuttle runs continuously from parking depot
- Organizer: Living Coast Discovery Center
- Official page: https://www.thelivingcoast.org/tickets/
- Last checked: Wed, Nov 4

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## About

Tucked away inside the Sweetwater Marsh National Wildlife Refuge in Chula Vista, the Living Coast Discovery Center offers an intimate, crowd-free wildlife encounter. Children can hand-feed cownose stingrays and leopard sharks in the outdoor Ray Touch Pool, observe rescued green sea turtles in an open-air lagoon, and meet native burrowing owls and bald eagles.

A complimentary electric shuttle whisks families from the parking lot into the coastal marsh sanctuary. Flat dirt and boardwalk trails accommodate strollers easily, and shaded picnic areas overlook San Diego Bay.

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