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Locals' Dolphin Day Camp
Details
Requirements
- Children ages 8-10
- Full-time year round Florida Keys (Monroe County) residents
Includes
- Digital photographs taken of the camper’s dolphin interactive experience throughout the week
- Get to know and respect each Dolphin Research Center dolphin as a unique individual
- Get up close to observe the dolphins in action
- Learn more about each dolphin's unique behaviors and physical characteristics
- Meet a Dolphin interactive experience
- Try being a trainer, learning to "talk" to the dolphins using hand signals to ask for behaviors in a signal session from a floating dock
- Dolphin Splash interactive experience
- Group discussions
- Games
- Crafts
- and more!
Dates & Enrollment
2024 - CLOSED
2025 - Dates will be posted in November or December 2024
Enrollment will open sometime in the Spring of 2025. Please visit this page for next year's summer camp dates, and for the announcement that enrollment has opened. See you in 2025!
Tuition
$200.00
If you would like to come to Dolphin Research Center while your child is attending the camp, you must pay daily general admission or purchase a DRC membership. We respectfully request that you do not interfere with the programs in which the campers participate. Sometimes just seeing a parent can disrupt the momentum of an activity.
FAQs
Cancellations must be made in writing. Participant substitutions are welcomed. The following refund terms shall apply:
- Cancellation more than 14 days from the start of the program- Refund of program cost minus $35 processing fee
- Cancellation less than 14 days from program start date - No refund
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- Lunch daily
- Two(2) snacks daily
- Towel
- Swimsuit
- Change of clothes
Drop-off is at 8:30 a.m.
- Please note that we will not have staff available for drop-off prior to 8:30 a.m.
- The parent or guardian is required to remain with their camper until a member of the Education team signs in the camper each morning
- We will hold a brief orientation meeting Monday morning for all parents at 8:30 a.m.This will allow you to meet the staff that will be with your camper throughout the week, and for our staff to share important information with you, including where sign-out will take place each afternoon.
Pick-up is at 4:00 p.m.
- A late fee of $25.00 if you are late picking up your camper (per occasion, per camper)
- Photo ID is required at pick up in order for us to sign out your camper each afternoon