Shark tunnel
A shark tunnel is an underwater tunnel that passes through an aquarium, typically with sharks and related aquatic life.
They are usually made of thick acrylic glass. The first aquarium tunnel in the world was installed in 1985 at Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World in Auckland, New Zealand.
Most aquarium tunnels are cylindrical in shape, though tunnels can be made elliptical, or even square.
List of aquariums with shark tunnels
This list is sorted alphabetically by aquarium name.| Aquarium name | Location | Length of tunnel | Depth of tunnel floor in aquarium | Tank size |
| Adventure Aquarium | Camden, New Jersey, United States | |||
| Antalya Aquarium | Antalya, Turkey | 11 ft | ||
| Aquaria KLCC | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ? | ? | |
| Aquarium Barcelona | Barcelona, Spain | |||
| Aquarium of the Bay | San Francisco, California, United States | ? | ||
| Aquarium of Western Australia | Perth, Western Australia, Australia | ? | ||
| Audubon Aquarium of the Americas | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | ? | ? | |
| California Academy of Sciences | San Francisco, California, United States | ? | ||
| Cebu Ocean Park | Cebu City, Philippines | ? | ? | ? |
| Dallas World Aquarium | Dallas, Texas, United States | ? | ? | ? |
| Deep Sea World | North Queensferry, Fife, Scotland | 9.8 ft | ||
| Oceanium at Diergaarde Blijdorp | Rotterdam, the Netherlands | ? | ? | ? |
| Downtown Aquarium, Denver | Denver, Colorado, United States | ? | ? | ? |
| Downtown Aquarium, Houston | Houston, Texas, United States | ? | ? | ? |
| Dubai Mall Aquarium - Underwater Zoo | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ? | ||
| Funtastic Aquariums Anzali | Anzali, Iran | 111 ft | 14 ft | 370,000 US gal |
| Funtastic Aquariums Izmir | İzmir, Turkey | 39 ft | 11 ft | 400,000 US gal |
| Georgia Aquarium | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | |||
| Greater Cleveland Aquarium | Cleveland, Ohio, United States | |||
| Henry Doorly Zoo | Omaha, Nebraska, United States | |||
| Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium | Auckland, New Zealand | |||
| Manila Ocean Park | Manila, Philippines | ? | ? | ? |
| Maui Ocean Center | Maalaea, Hawaii, United States | ? | ||
| National Aquarium Denmark | Kastrup, Copenhagen, Denmark | ? | ||
| National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium | Checheng Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan | ? | ||
| Nausicaä Centre National de la Mer | Boulogne-sur-Mer, France | ? | ||
| Newport Aquarium | Newport, Kentucky, United States | † | ||
| Ocean Park Hong Kong | Hong Kong | ? | ? | ? |
| Oklahoma Aquarium | Jenks, Oklahoma, United States | |||
| Oregon Coast Aquarium | Newport, Oregon, United States | ? | ||
| Parc Aquarium du Québec | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | ? | ? | |
| Polaria | Tromsø, Norway | ? | ? | ? |
| Ripley's Aquarium of Canada | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |||
| Ripley's Aquarium of Myrtle Beach | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States | ? | ||
| SeaWorld Orlando | Orlando, Florida, United States | ? | ? | |
| Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World | Bangkok, Thailand | ? | ? | ? |
| SEA LIFE Minnesota Aquarium | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | ? | ? | |
| SeaWorld San Diego | San Diego, California, United States | ? | ||
| Shanghai Ocean Aquarium | Shanghai, China | ? | ||
| Shark Reef Aquarium | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | ? | ? | ? |
| Shedd Aquarium | Chicago, Illinois, United States | ? | ? | ? |
| Sydney Aquarium | Sydney, Australia | ? | ? | |
| Taraporewala Aquarium | Mumbai, India | ? | ? | |
| Turkuazoo | Istanbul, Turkey | ? | ? | |
| The National Aquarium | Abu Dhabi, UAE | 167 ft | 11 ft | 930,000 US gal |
| Underwater World | Langkawi, Malaysia | ? | ||
| Underwater World | Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia | ? | ? | ? |
| Underwater World | Sentosa, Singapore | ? | ? | |
| Vinpearl Underwater World | Nha Trang, Vietnam | ? | ? | ? |
| Afrykarium at the Wrocław Zoo | Wrocław, Poland | ? | ? |
† — Estimated based on top of tunnel being under the surface and to bottom of tunnel.