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Watch our stingrays, coral reef, and penguin colony in HD, or take a trip to the Farallon Islands via webcam.
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The best of the Academy, now streaming. Watch our graceful stingrays, colorful coral reef, and African penguin colony in vivid HD, or set your sights on the Pacific from our Farallon Islands webcam.
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Live Penguin Cams

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

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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—the world's deepest living indoor coral reef.

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Farallon Islands Live Webcam

This webcam is currently unavailable due to technical difficulties. We're working to get it back online as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience!

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