1 Roosevelt Blvd.
Pine Knoll Shores, NC , 28512

Phone: 866-294-3477

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Since reopening, the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores has continued to feature aquatic animals of North Carolina. Notable among them are two sand tiger sharks – one that measures nearly nine feet long, a green moray eel measuring about six feet long, a goliath grouper approaching four feet, and a number of sizable nurse sharks, sandbar sharks and various game fishes.

Most of the larger creatures inhabit the Aquarium’s centerpiece exhibit, the 306,000-gallon Living Shipwreck. Along with hundreds of schooling fishes and other animals, they create a swirl of constant motion around a replica of U-352, a German submarine that lost a World War II battle with a Coast Guard cutter off the North Carolina coast. The Aquarium’s two river otters also have lived up to expectations of stardom. With the help of the public, the two were named Neuse and Pungo after North Carolina rivers. Wide viewing windows bring their playful antics and underwater agility to child-eye-level, and the lively pair enchants people of all ages.

Machine 5: All have 'North Carolina Aquarium' on them. Designs are:
1) Sea Otter,
2) Snake,
3) 'Sea Turtle',
4) Lion Fish.

Machine 6: All have 'North Carolina Aquarium' on them. Designs are:
1) Octopus,
2) Seahorse,
3) Shark,
4) Rays.

Token Machine 1: (2019)
1) Shark,
2) Sea Turtle,
3) Otter,
4) Stingray.

Retired machines/ designs: All have 'North Carolina Aquarium (s) on them:

Retired 1: 1) Ray, 2) Crab, 3) Snake, 4) Aquarium logo,
Retired 2; 1) Dolphins jumping, 2) Sea Turtle, 3) Alligator, 4) Shark.
Retired 3: 1) Octopus, 2) Bonnet Head Shark, 3) Submarine with fish, 4) Shark with open mouth.
Retired 4: 1) Jellyfish, 2) Sea Otter, 3) Sea Turtles, 4) Lion Fish.

12/30/22: Machines are near the gift shop. Next to each other. Both rolling very well.