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Sea Môr Aquarium at Ocean Lab
Sea Trust Wales's small aquarium on Goodwick seafront — local marine life in touch-tank range, run by the people who count the Strumble porpoises.
Hygiene 5/5Food Standards Agency, inspected 25 April 2026 · official record
The Ocean Lab building on Goodwick seafront houses Sea Môr Aquarium, run by the marine conservation charity Sea Trust Wales — the same people whose volunteers have logged porpoise sightings off Strumble Head for decades. The tanks hold local water and local animals: tompot blennies, lobsters, rays and rockpool characters from the very coast outside the window, which lands better with children than any tropical display.
It's a small, honest, charity-run hour rather than a mega-attraction — priced accordingly, with a café attached and the Parrog seafront to run along afterwards. Opening days vary seasonally; check Sea Trust's site before a special trip.
Pair it with Goodwick Sands, the Last Invasion Tapestry five minutes away in Fishguard, or porpoise-spotting for real at Strumble Head — the wild sequel to the tanks.
Best for
Small children on a grey day; anyone curious what actually lives off these beaches.
Why this one might suit you
It holds a food hygiene rating of 5, the Food Standards Agency's top score, and it is a few minutes' walk from Goodwick Sands.
Assembled from what we can evidence — hygiene ratings, measured distances and the venue's own listed details — not from a visit. We haven't eaten here, and we don't pretend to have.
Details
- Website
- www.seatrust.org.uk
- Step-free access
- Limited
- Dogs
- Not recorded — please ring ahead
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Hygiene rating: Food Standards Agency, Open Government Licence v3.0. Checked by us. Things change — please tell us if something here is wrong.