# Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town — Citylit

Meet the marine life of the Atlantic and Indian oceans in the heart of the Waterfront.

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## Two Oceans Aquarium

Meet the marine life of the Atlantic and Indian oceans in the heart of the Waterfront.

- City: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- Category: Entertainment
- Address: Dock Road, V&A Waterfront
- Citylit page: https://citylit.vercel.app/cape-town/entertainment/two-oceans-aquarium
- Official website: https://www.aquarium.co.za/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Oceans_Aquarium
- Sources checked: 2026-10-08
- Coordinates: longitude 18.4175, latitude -33.90805556 (venue pin; entrance may be unverified)
- Coordinate source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two\_Oceans\_Aquarium

The Two Oceans Aquarium is an aquarium located at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. The aquarium was opened on the 13 November 1995 and comprises several exhibition galleries with large viewing windows:  The aquarium is named for its location, where the Indian and Atlantic Ocean meet.

About source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Oceans_Aquarium; checked 2026-10-12; license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

### Practical facts
- admission: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- booking: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- stepFreeEntrance: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- accessibleToilets: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- parking: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- publicTransport: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- family: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- environment: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- durationMinutes: 90 (editorial-estimate); checked 2026-10-08; source: Citylit editorial planning estimate

### Sources
- Explore, Experience and Engage | Two Oceans Aquarium: https://www.aquarium.co.za/; fetched 2026-10-08; retrieved during research
- Two Oceans Aquarium: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Oceans_Aquarium; fetched 2026-10-07; retrieved during research

### Photographs and credits
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/dfb86abce7b1.jpg — Looking south at aquarium, late morning. EXIF time is for New York.. Venue photograph. Author: Jim.henderson; license: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Two_Oceans_Aquarium_CT_jeh.jpg
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/799e31b94afd.jpg — Fishes from Two Oceans Aquarium, Cape town, South Africa. Venue photograph. Author: Sidheeq; license: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fishes_from_Two_Oceans_Aquarium,_Cape_town_04.jpg
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/f801bd0bbf5d.jpg — Fishes from Two Oceans Aquarium, Cape town, South Africa. Venue photograph. Author: Sidheeq; license: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fishes_from_Two_Oceans_Aquarium,_Cape_town_06.jpg

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