November Newsletter 2025
Download our new app
Looking for a new way to connect with the Aquarium Encounters? We are excited to share our newest project with you! Download our new free app to enjoy live webcams, webinars, animal quizzes, live feeder cameras, and more! You can now immerse yourself in the wonders of the ocean from anywhere in the world! To download our app, head to your app store and search “Aquarium Encounters”!
New Moon Party
Join us on November 14th for a New Moon Party! On Friday, we will be offering free admission from 5:30 until 8 pm. There will be live music, happy hour beer and wine prices, and appetizers. Spend a night relaxing under the New Moon with us at Aquarium Encounters!
Manatee Naming Contest
Join us for the first time ever as we host a naming contest for our newest male manatee. He arrived at our facility with his tank mate, Giovanni. We received Giovanni and our unnamed manatee (Tm2529) on 9/25, and they will remain with us here until they are healthy enough to return to their natural habitats. To suggest a new name for Tm2529, click on the link below and submit your suggestion. We will keep the form open for names until November 15th!
https://forms.gle/ZoG3HRtuXv3PmeJ19
Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving, we will be open for our normal business hours. We will open at 9 am and close at 5 pm. Join us to make memories that will last a lifetime with your loved ones.
Black Friday
Take advantage of our fin-tastic Black Friday deals. On 11/28, we will be offering 15% off Aquarium Encounters’ apparel in our gift shop. We are also offering 25% off our Coral Reef Snorkel and Stingray Cove encounter on 11/28. This can be redeemed by purchasing your encounters on our website.
Last month to use Membership Drive encounter!
If you purchased an annual membership during the month of September, November 15th would be the last day that you’re able to take advantage of this deal! The free encounter is redeemable for all encounters except a non-certified dive. Come in and use your free encounter to make a lifelong memory.
REACH
Florida Keys Aquarium Encounters is proud to be the only Manatee Rehabilitation facility in the Florida Keys. Working in coordination with multiple agencies including U.S. Fish & Wildlife, Florida Fish & Wildlife, MRP, as well as numerous state and local organizations that it requires to render aid to this vulnerable species. We are currently rehabbing manatees and will release them back into the wild once they are healthy. These animals eat 10-20% of their body weight every day. For smaller manatees like those under our care, that is over 100 pounds of lettuce per animal per day! We are grateful to further assist this iconic Florida mammal as a rehabilitation facility and look forward to widening our positive impact on the species. However, we can’t do it alone! With the help of people like you, we can continue to strive towards conservation and preservation of the iconic Florida Keys habitat and all the animals who inhabit it. We do this through our R3EACH program. R3EACH is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit with a mission that involves Research, Rescue and Rehabilitation of the threatened marine species and Education and Awareness for Communities about the fragile marine Habitats that make up the Florida Keys. Your R3EACH donation will go towards continuing education, rehabilitation, and research! If you would like to support, click the link below!