A Day in the Life of a Marine Biologist in Hawaii

Aloha from Hawai'i! My name is Jessica, I am a professional marine biologist living on the island of Maui.

Join me on "a day in the life" as a marine biologist at the Maui Ocean Center, where I highlight the many exciting aspects of my career and what it's like working in an aquarium environment.

Mahalo nui loa to the Maui Ocean Center for permitting me to film this episode in the park.

Let's dive in!

[TkTorch]

I'm 14 and want to be a marine biologist working in Florida, anyways my question is since marine biology is a massive field, how did you find what was perfect for you?

[herdouacheng]

That was an amazing experience seeing you snorkeling the open ocean. It's amazing seeing the corals feed and that art portrait was beautiful.

[medha]

Live coral?!?! I recently saw a fish tank with what I think was live coral and it was simply magical. So cool the entire park has live coral!!

[carlymango]

This is the BEST video i’ve seen about this topic it’s so cool!!

[kianacornelison]

Thanks so much for sharing! Loved every second of this defiantly my dream job 💕

[daquanbenson]

This is such a cool job I love meteorology but i think I'd try to become an marine biologist too

[ctzpett]

If I ever get an office I would want it to look like yours 😊

[rosebehrens]

That was great, Jessica! So glad this is the field I’m working my way to!

[gabriellafelder]

I've been thinking a lot about Marine Science recently... thanks for the video!

[jeanninemattson]

What a fun and beautiful place to work Jessica! Great job!! Loved the video.

[gabriels.granjajesus]

Very nice and hepful! Thanks from Brazil, I'm in the first year of biology and im interested in marine biology :-)

[hyde-etm]

I'm 14 and I wanna be a Marine Biologist but people say they don't get paid enough and that my life would be trash, but I ignore them

[mads]

I did enjoy that. Thank you for a great ❤

[glorious_boy]

Very nice video.. and thank you so much 😇

[XianDu]

always dreamed to be working in an aqua park and taking care of all these aquatic animals, thank you for sharing this lovely video

[prtwix]

I’m going into the coast guard. I just graduated high school and found out that the coast guard academy has a marine biology program I some day want to open up my own ocean center but was wondering how I could get a hold of some marine biologist to pick their brain and get some of their thoughts and advice

[ayluh]

What kind of college degree did you get and how long did it take for you to get your current job title? I've loved all kinds of animals my whole life and I'm curious about marine biology. Looking into the various different animal degrees, this has caught my eye. Degrees like Ecology have steered me away because of the desks and the research analyzing. I love the passion you have for your job! You're living the dream :)

[pattypowell]

So awesome!! Thank you for sharing!!!! ❤️

[WaysideReborned]

im an environmental scientist (more on the ecologist/biologist side) and i REALLY wanna to work in marine environments. Currently specializing in wetlands but gonna volunteer at the aquarium for more marine experience (i did research on sturgeon fish and other species in uni)

[avikchattopadhyay]

The video is so lovely. I would love to know all the job titles where people study marine biology.