You can wade through glowing blue water at the Science Centre from 3 November

The Science Centre is about to let you walk through a lagoon that glows every time you move.

Glowing Oceans opens at Science Centre Singapore in Jurong East on Tuesday 3 November. The Science Centre calls it Asia's first full-scale living bioluminescence exhibition: a shallow lagoon of live dinoflagellates, tiny plankton that flash blue when the water around them is disturbed, so the floor lights up under your feet as you wade through.

Around the lagoon there are touch tables, Dimitri's Desk, a researcher's lab with holograms of deep-sea creatures, and Darwin's Cove, an animated telling of the HMS Beagle voyage. It is open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm, with last entry at 4.15pm, and the Science Centre bills it as a limited run without giving an end date.

Entry comes with Science Centre admission. Citizens and PRs pay S$12 for adults at peak times and S$7 off-peak, and S$10 or S$7 for children and seniors; the standard rate is S$18 for adults and S$14 for children and seniors. A Super Glow Bundle adds the ONE Ocean exhibition for residents from S$20 off-peak.

Our advice: go on a weekday in the off-peak window, when it is cheapest and quietest, and expect to get your feet wet. Book once school holidays start in mid-November, when Jurong East fills up fast.

Good to know Glowing Oceans, Science Centre Singapore, 15 Science Centre Road. From 3 November 2026; Tue–Sun 10am–5pm, last entry 4.15pm; limited run, end date not given. With admission: SG/PR adult S$12 peak, S$7 off-peak; child/senior S$10 peak, S$7 off-peak; standard adult S$18, child/senior S$14. Super Glow Bundle (with ONE Ocean) SG/PR adult from S$20 off-peak, standard S$30. Nearest MRT: Jurong East.

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Glowing Oceans, Science Centre Singapore | Science Centre Singapore, 15 Science Centre Road