Marineland Wellness Programs
– For Happy Healthy Humans & Dolphins –
Marineland Wellness Programs
– For Happy Healthy
Humans & Dolphins –
Are you a Wellness Director for an Organization?
You can partner with historic Marineland to create a unique wellness program for your organization and benefit dolphins too!
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You've heard the stories about dolphins helping humans...
Experience the power of that beautiful connection for yourself.
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Is it true?
We have witnessed many transformative moments between dolphins and humans. Some of those moments were so obvious that joyous tears streamed down the cheeks of everyone involved. Other profound moments with dolphins were more subtle and only revealed when a participant shared their private story with us.
While, our science teams are still investigating the exact biological and energetic processes taking place during these sessions, the reports from our participants are clear – hanging out with dolphins is one of the most uplifting activities people have experienced!
Who is the Marineland Wellness Program for?
Our new Wellness Programs are designed to benefit everyone seeking a healthier balance in their lives and meaningful purpose to their days. You'll be happy to know that your participation will benefit both YOU and the Dolphins too! Keep reading to find out more...
Bring your family, friends or unique group to Marineland for a day – or a week!
We've created special packages for you including our innovative dolphin interactions, easy & effective wellness trainings, and inspiring presentations with dolphin experts. Join us for a 1 day program or a multi-day package. Have a special focus for your visit? Let us know what your needs are. We'll customize a Wellness program especially for your group.
We've created special packages for you including our innovative dolphin interactions, easy & effective wellness trainings, and inspiring presentations with dolphin experts.
Join us for a 1 day program or a multi-day package.
Have a special focus for your visit? Let us know what your needs are. We'll customize a Wellness program especially for your group.
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Ready to Play? It's crucial to your wellbeing!
Research reveals that the value of play is immense – even for adults. Play is a fundamental way for adults to manage stress, build connections, enhance creativity, problem-solving, and emotional regulation. Psychiatrist Dr. Stuart Brown explains, "The opposite of play isn't work: it's depression. The adult-play deficit is becoming a public health crisis."
Fortunately, we've got you covered! At Marineland, you'll spend time with intelligent dolphins who are experts at play! They'll have you tapped into your joy in no time. Play time with dolphins benefits you and the dolphins too! It's a win-win.
Hanging out with dolphins is the perfect compliment to a healthy, inspired lifestyle. Plus, your involvement at Marineland helps keep this historic dolphin habitat sustainable for the dolphins who live there!
Research reveals that the value of play is immense – even for adults. Play is a fundamental way for adults to manage stress, build connections, enhance creativity, problem-solving, and emotional regulation. Psychiatrist Dr. Stuart Brown explains, "The opposite of play isn't work: it's depression. The adult-play deficit is becoming a public health crisis."
Fortunately, we've got you covered! At Marineland, you'll spend time with intelligent dolphins who are experts at play! They'll have you tapped into your joy in no time. Play time with dolphins benefits you and the dolphins too! It's a win-win.
Hanging out with dolphins is the
perfect compliment to a healthy, inspired lifestyle.
Plus, your involvement at Marineland helps keep this historic dolphin habitat sustainable for the dolphins who live there!
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Help build the future
in Human-Dolphin Partnerships
by participating in our new Wellness Programs.
You'll be talking about this experience for years to come!
Help build the future in Human-Dolphin Partnerships
by participating in our new Wellness Programs.
You'll be talking about this experience for years to come!
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Your Wellness Experience
Interact with the dolphins using a unique communication game – You'll have fun interacting with the dolphins in our specialized evolving enrichment program and two-way communication game, the Dolphin Emoji Game, designed to ultimately allow the dolphins to direct their own daily activities. Through your participation, you'll help make this communication goal possible. You'll be learning the game right along with the dolphins. Teamwork in action! This program is available for both in-water sessions and keep-you-dry poolside sessions.
Enjoy our inspiring classes – with amazing true dolphin stories, the history of dolphins' influence upon human culture, fascinating aspects of dolphin anatomy, and the bottlenose dolphins' role within the entire Cetacean Nation – the family tree of all dolphins, whales and porpoises. Visit our beautiful saltwater aquarium collection with delicate corals, anemones and fish. Learn about the Southern Right Whales just off shore our beach.
Discover the latest in dolphin research – from the scientists and marine mammal experts. You'll love our vision for a new level of teamwork with the dolphins.
Effective mindfulness sessions and daily energy balancing techniques to benefit you in the moment and at home – all the perfect ingredients to help you gain the most from your time at Marineland among the dolphins and the experts who care for them.
Become empowered with meaningful talking points about wellness and dolphins to share with your family and social circles. Your voice counts!
Marineland is on the Beach at River to Sea Preserve
Marineland is on the Beach at River to Sea Preserve
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What's Happening At Marineland?
We’ve recently experienced a miracle, when against all odds, our community coalition successfully saved this important historic dolphin habitat from being demolished, which would have resulted in the dolphins being removed from their familiar home and social groups.
Established in 1938, Marineland is where dolphins first came to live among humans and is the birthplace of much of the world's current knowledge about dolphins. It has a highly successful record of dolphins living very long lives in this habitat.
As the world’s first oceanarium , this iconic dolphin habitat is officially recognized for its significance in American history on the National Register of Historic Places. In the fall of 2025, it was almost lost to us forever, but prayers were answered and Divine Grace prevailed!
Through unprecedented collaboration between dolphin-loving folks of all kinds – local residents, high school students, dolphin experts, real estate developers, attorneys, and even a federal judge – the dolphins can continue their important efforts among humanity at Marineland.
We believe the dolphins still have much to teach us. They are ready and willing to partner with us, to lead the way evolving human-dolphin relations – for the sake of our oceans and our world.
Now, our work together embarks upon a new chapter of marine education, dolphin research, wellness programs and global stewardship. You have a special role to play! Are you ready to discover your own meaningful connections with dolphins?
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Chat with Dolphin Ambassador, Donna Kassewitz, about how you and your group can benefit while helping to
Build Human-Dolphin Partnerships for Excellent Global Stewardship.
Chat with Donna Kassewitz, about how YOU can benefit helping to
Build Human-Dolphin Partnerships for Excellent Global Stewardship.
Donna Kassewitz, EEMCP, Dolphin Ambassador,
Marineland Wellness Programs
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Are you ready to be part of the positive change for yourself, your community and our world?
Will you show up for the dolphins?
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Choose from keep-you-dry poolside programs or in-water dolphin interactions.
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A few of the dolphins you'll meet!
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Marineland has a highly successful record of dolphins living very long lives in this habitat. The dolphins living at Marineland, some of them for their entire lives will now be able to stay in their bonded social groups with family ties. Nellie, born at the facility in 1953, lived to be an astounding 61 years old and was a national icon. Her son, Sunny is 41 yrs old and still lives at Marineland, with his offspring Oli and Surge. Right now, the most senior dolphin living at Marineland is Betty, 54 yrs., who lives with both her daughter Dazzle, 36 yrs., and her granddaughter Casique 23 yrs. Other dolphin residents include Comet, now 20 yrs old, who was rescued after stranding alone as a calf in 2005 and has never been releasable, and Lightning, 47 yrs old, who was rescued from a gunshot wound in the wild in 1989.
Marineland Dolphin Adventures of St. Augustine is the first oceanarium in the world (1938) and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is an important landmark globally, nationally, and regionally. This iconic home of the dolphins deserves protection.
As the first place for dolphins to live among humans, Marineland has played a major role in humanity discovering that dolphins are intelligent mammals and not just a big fish in the sea. Many important research projects have taken place at Marineland with new research already planned, including a game-changing evolving enrichment & communication interface for the dolphins.
Marineland has educated millions of guests about dolphins, turtles, coral reefs and other marine life conservation. Marineland continues to serve the community with important environmental stewardship education via their daily programs, field trips and popular summer camps for students.
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Marineland's National and Global Impact and Legacy
Throughout its storied history, Marineland Dolphin Adventure (Marineland) park has been the site of much groundbreaking scientific discovery. These discoveries include: humans first learning how to care for dolphins, understanding dolphin anatomy, the first live birth of dolphins in human care, discovering that dolphins were intelligent and could learn behaviors, discovering dolphin echolocation, analyzing dolphin signature whistles, and much more. Marineland is the birthplace of dolphin research.
Marineland’s renown history is verified by its official listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
Since its opening in 1938 as Marineland Studios – when much of humanity still thought of dolphins as fish – it was the first to educate and inspire the public to care about dolphins, other marine life, and our oceans. The dolphin interaction programs at Marineland have facilitated more than 100,000 people meeting dolphins up close in meaningful ways.
When taking into consideration that an estimated 350,000* cetaceans (dolphins, whales and porpoises) are killed by industrial fishing boats each year, the important conservation role of Marineland cannot be overstated. (*Statistics from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s 2012 dolphin mortality study.) These sad figures do not include deaths by plastics, toxins, and other pollutants, nor does it include cetacean deaths by military and industrial sound pollution, and ship strikes common near busy ports.
Recognized as the world’s first oceanarium and dolphinarium, many people in Florida and beyond say their first connection to dolphins was at Marineland. Generations of dedicated conservationists and scientists launched their illustrious research careers at this historic park.
Through Marineland’s robust community outreach program, residents and global visitors from all walks of life have enjoyed learning about marine wildlife at this iconic institution. Marineland holds a unique and irreplaceable role for both the local community, as well as national and international visitors.
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Notable scientists and conservationists who conducted research at Marineland through the decades –
Marineland's legacy in marine research and conservation is undeniable, with many scientists and experts contributing to our current understanding of dolphins and other marine life. The facility has been the research site of highly notable conservationists and scientists like Jacques Costeau, Dr. John Lilly, Dr. Adam Pack, Dr. Arthur McBride, Adolph Frohn, Sam Gurin, Drs. Melba and David Caldwell, B.C. Townsend, Dr. Lou Herman, Dr. Ken Norris, Dr. Randy Wells, Dr. Doug Perrine, Dr. Jesse White, Dr. Greg Bossart, Dr. Robin Baird, Dr. Scott Kraus and the University of Florida.
The National Register of Historic Places recognizes Marineland's significance in American history, architecture, and culture.
Listing Date: April 14, 1986 Reference Number: 86000831
Historic Name: Marine Studios
Current Name: Marineland Dolphin Adventure
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