Living Coast Discovery Center Thanksgiving Wildlife Encounters (Chula Vista)

About this adventure

Located inside the Sweetwater Marsh National Wildlife Refuge along San Diego Bay in Chula Vista, the Living Coast Discovery Center offers a close-up wildlife adventure focused on native coastal animals. Over Thanksgiving weekend, families can touch bat rays and leopard sharks in the open-air Shark & Ray Experience pool, observe endangered Eastern Pacific green sea turtles, and meet rescued raptors including bald eagles, barn owls, and red-tailed hawks. Miles of level, stroller-friendly walking trails wind through salt marshes right out to the bay shoreline, offering bird-watching spotting scopes where kids can discover pelicans, herons, and egrets in their natural migratory stopover.