Interactive Salt Marsh

If you’re looking to cool off on a hot summer's day, Long Island Aquarium has just the place for you – our Interactive Salt Marsh.

Nestled alongside the Peconic River, our salt marsh exhibit represents a typical marine habitat often found in estuaries. Salt marshes are coastal wetlands rich in marine life. They are sometimes called tidal marshes because they occur in the zone between low and high tides. Salt marshes often occur in estuaries, where fresh water from the land mixes with sea water. The salt marsh ecosystem serves many important functions. It buffers stormy seas, removes harmful pollutants and toxins from the sea water, slows shoreline erosion and provides vital food and habitat for sea life. It also provides nesting sites for several migratory birds.

Visitors can roll up their pants and take off their shoes to get an up-close look at the inhabitants of our salt marsh which includes spider crabs, horseshoe crabs, and whelks! Guests in diapers, please refrain from entering the exhibit and those under 42.5 inches tall must be accompanied by an adult.