TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Tampa Electric’s Manatee Viewing Center will reopen for the season this week. The center will open on Friday morning with its regular hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

From left to right, Erica Ali, 27, of Plant City, with her kids, Usif, 3, and Noora, almost 2-years-old, watch for manatees from the walkway at the Manatee Viewing Center on Wednesday in Apollo Beach.

The viewing center is a free and brought almost 500 thousand visitors last year. Kimberly Barrie was there on a group outing. “The manatees, I saw about 10. And there was a dolphin jumping around, so ...

The center will remain open through April 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day. For more information on TECO’s Manatee Viewing Center, visit their website or call 813-228-4289.

Florida's Loggerhead Marinelife Center and TECO Manatee Viewing Center came in at No. 1 and No. 2 for best free attractions in the 10Best rankings.

They like staying in that warm water,'” Connie Isacson with the Manatee Viewing Center said. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said manatees suffer in waters below 68 degrees.

HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. — Around the same time a record number of manatees huddled together for warmth at the Tampa Electric Manatee Viewing Center, a concerning uptick of manatee deaths was ...

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. — More manatees than ever before have gathered at Tampa Electric's Manatee Viewing Center. A record-setting 1,100 manatees came together at a single time this season ...

Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, SeaWorld in Orlando released Pamlico the Manatee at the Teco Manatee viewing center in Apollo Beach, Florida. They decided to release her near Tampa because she has a ...

Just this week they are releasing seven of them. Zamboni the manatee is the most recent one that got to go back into the wild. He was released at the TECO Manatee Viewing Center at Apollo Beach.