Events

Join Us for Our Unique and Exciting Year-Round Events!

Sea Life Park offers incredible family-friendly fun all year-round. Visit this page often to check back on upcoming events.

Special Event Highlights Coming Up:

  • June 1: Keiki Sunday - Mālama Kai celebrating World Reef Day!
  • June 19: Kapa Demonstrations
  • July 21 - 27: Manō (Shark) Week Celebration

We hope to see you in the park soon! 

Keiki Sunday Mālama Kai - World Reef Day

Sunday, June 1, 2025 - 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

FREE Admission for all Active Sea Life Park Annual Passholders

General Admission Special!

One FREE Keiki Admission (ages 4 to 12 years-old), with a paid adult ticket.
Children 3 years-old and under always free with a paid adult.

You won't want to miss all the fun activities planned, including:

  • Live keiki hula performances by Halau Hula 'O Puka'ikapuaokalani
  • Kapa Demonstrations with Pūko’a Studios
  • Free keiki face painting with our friends from Storybook Entertainment
  • Character Visits (it's a fun surprise!) with Storybook Entertainment
  • Live, Local Music and Entertainment 
  • Free Photo Booth Fun, includes free souvenir photo
  • Local Craft Fair under the Shaded Lūʻau Pavilion
  • Plus, our daily Animal Habitat Talks, Games, Activities, and More!

There will be appearances by local nonprofit organizations, and festive arts & crafts activities. Food & Beverage available for purchase will include outside food vendors, shave ice truck and more.

Craft Fair
Child at Discovery Pool
Keiki Hula Dancers
Kapa Making

Hawaiian Cultural Art of Kapa Making

Learn the ancient art of Kapa making with Kumu (teacher) Page Chang of Pūkoʻa Studios.

During this Kapa experience, you are invited to learn the basics of the art of Kapa Making as the Kula Kapa Waimānalo team uses traditional methods to teach you how to process Hawaiian Wauke trees, or Paper Mulberry, into Mo‘omo‘o, a fibrous material that is the precursor to actual Hawaiian Kapa. The workshops take place in the open air Kamani grove at iconic Sea Life Park at Kaopō, overlooking Mānana and Kāohikaipu Islands. 

All demonstrations will be in the Kamani Grove, behind the Hawaiian Reef Exhibit/near the Keiki Playground. Mark your calendars:

  • Sunday, June 1 - 10am - 2:30pm | Keiki Sunday Mālama Kai - World Reef Day
  • Thursday, June 19 - 10am - 2:30pm

Manō (Shark) Week - July 21 - 27

Learn All About Sharks

The whitetip reef shark — manō lālākea — is a powerful and graceful resident of our reef ecosystem. With their sleek bodies and distinctive white-tipped fins, these sharks are revered in Hawaiian culture and often associated with protection and guidance. Unlike many other sharks, the whitetip reef shark can rest still on the ocean floor, a behavior rarely seen in other species. They play a vital role in keeping reef communities in balance.

During our Manō (Shark) Week celebration, join us to learn how the manō contributes to ocean health and how we can mālama (care for) our marine ʻohana.

 

whitetip reef shark