4 Hour Private Dolphin Cruise
Overview
Enjoy an exciting 4-hour dolphin swim tour tour to Shell Island on your own private boat with a professional guide. This relaxing adventure includes opportunities to swim with the wild dolphins, depending on weather conditions and dolphin behavior. Whether you're a family, a couple, or a solo traveler, this tour offers a unique chance to connect with nature, swim with and observe dolphins in their natural habitat.
- Duration: 2 hours, with a minimum of 4 participants required to operate
- Swim with dolphins at the captain's discretion, no experience needed
- Includes bottled water and snorkeling gear; small coolers permitted
- Departure from Adventures at Sea Marina, arrive 30 minutes early for check-in
What's Included
- Bottled water
- We will lend each customer a snorkeling goggle and a life vest. You are welcome to bring your own if you prefer.
- Government Fees
- Just like waitresses and waiters, our captains work hard to make your experience as smooth and memorable as possible. You would not leave your table without leaving a tip. Would you?
Meeting Location
5709 North Lagoon Drive
Panama City Beach, FL 32408, USA
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
You will have the whole boat to yourselves. Time from the boat dock to Shell Island, is about a 15-minute. We may find dolphins anywhere along the way, and we will put you in the water with them whenever it is safe to do so. Once the dolphins leave, we either move with them and swim again, or we look for another group of dolphins to swim with, or just watch. It may happen in the Bay, in the pass, or most of the time along Shell Island. Every time we find dolphins, you will be able to observe behaviors such as socializing, playing, mating, jumping, feeding, or just traveling. We usually stop to snorkel at the jetties to observe the tropical fish, occasional sea turtles and sting rays before going into the bay on the shallow seagrass beds where we collect samples of interesting marine species like sand dollars, tulip shells, sea urchins, scallops, Florida Fighting Conchs, moon snails, hermit crabs, blue crabs, occasional seahorses and all kinds of Florida seashells, all depending on the season and the water conditions. You will learn how to handle these species. You can also get off the boat and explore Shell Island, home to great blue herons, snowy egrets, ospreys, and pelicans.
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- No age restriction, but infants and small children have to be attended by family members at all times.
- The marina is wheelchair accessible. People on wheelchairs will be allowed in the water only if they can swim by themselves and get back up the dive ladder with minimum help.
- Overweight individuals will only be allowed in the water if they can get back up the dive ladder by themselves.
Frequently Asked Questions (15)
Q: Do you take pregnant customers snorkeling?
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Activity code: C-125529P6
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