Learn & Explore

Live Webcams

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The best of the Academy, now streaming. Watch our graceful stingrays, colorful coral reef, and playful African penguins in vivid HD—and set your sights on the Pacific from our Farallon Islands cam.
Two African penguins swimming in their habitat at the Academy

Live Penguin Cams

Watch our charismatic colony of African penguins swim, flirt, and nest on three live webcams.

Underwater photo of cownose ray

Reef Lagoon Cam

Be mesmerized by a variety of graceful ray species and shimmering schools of tropical fish swimming across your screen.

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Philippine Coral Reef Cam

Enjoy the antics of thousands of tropical fish in our Philippine Coral Reef exhibit—one of the world's deepest living indoor coral reefs.

Farallon Islands

Farallon Islands Cam

30 miles west of San Francisco, the rugged Farallon Islands are off-limits to visitors—but our live webcam lets you observe their stark beauty and iconic wildlife wherever you are.

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