Our Dolphin & Island Tours are normally scheduled for 3 hours. Departure times vary seasonally. We are currently leaving the dock at 9:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
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Snorkeling and Dolphin Tours Panama City Beach GateFor your Florida vacation, you want a fun and unique experience. Panama City Beach Snorkeling & Dolphin Tours LLC offers more information about the Shell Island snorkeling and dolphin tours. We look forward to meeting you soon!
If conditions allow, guests are permitted to go in the water if dolphins are nearby. Safety is always our top priority. Your captain's instructions will help you safely snorkel around marine mammals.
Book a private tour with your group. Private charters allow you to extend your private dolphin tour by adding additional time (from 2 to 3 hours), to include additional snorkeling locations, island time, and so on. Six passengers can be accommodated on a boat. The captain will show you how to get into the water and observe the dolphins in their natural habitat. Next, take a guided snorkel trip to see other marine life around Shell Island.
"Captain Jack was very precise in positioning us at the moment when the dolphins were swimming right under our feet. It was a truly unique experience.
Additionally, we often see manatees. If conditions allow, you may enter the water near manatees, but we practice passive observation and never approach them.
We see many species, including starfish, sand dollar, bay scallops. Whelks. Conchs up to 212" long. Seahorses, Urchins. Hermit crabs. These animals can be brought up to the surface, handled gently, and photographed. We bring large containers so that snorkelers, as well as non-snorkelers, can get close to the animals before they are released into the bay. The shells of non-living creatures can be taken home.
"We had soo much fun today playing on Shell Island and snorkeling with the dolphins. Panama City Beach Snorkeling & Dolphin Tours LLC I highly recommend. This was the highlight for our vacation. - Christy
Shell Island, St Andrews Bay & The Gulf of Mexico are fun and exciting places to explore. Snorkeling in the grass flats and shallows on the island is a great activity for the whole family. You can choose from either a small group or a personal tour for a custom wildlife adventure. This tour has everything! We are family fun experts and have been doing so for more than 30 year.
We often see manatees. If you have the opportunity, you can go into the water with manatees. We practice passive observation, and we never approach them.
You'll find a wide variety of birds out of the water. These include raptors such as bald eagles or ospreys, shorebirds such as great blue herons, egrets, and seabirds such magnificent frigatebirds, and terns. Sometimes, we also see deer on the Island.
On your trip with super-fast boats, you will be able to swim with Panama City’s resident pod wild bottlenose dolphins. We are situated in Panama City Beach, near Seaside Beach Rosemary Beach Santa Rosa Beach, Santa Rosa Beach, Destin, Mexico Beach and Cape San Blas.
However, dolphins are wild creatures. Although we have a good idea of where dolphins are, they rarely escape our sight. Panama City Beach Snorkeling & Dolphin Tours LLC offers a variety of options for your tour, including the option to get close to the sea or to enjoy the pontoon boats. We will do everything we can to make sure you don’t miss this amazing piece of Florida’s natural scenery. Book your date with us today!
Harassment can be described as pursuing, torturing, or chasing animals and any other act that could disrupt their natural behavior. This list should also include jumping in the water. Let wild dolphins swim ethically.
Mid-morning, between 10 am and noon, and from 2 pm to sunset, are the best times of day for dolphin sightings.
1. Killer whale (Orcinus Orca). Although we tend to think of orcas in colder climates as being more common, around 500 orcas live in Mexico's Gulf of Mexico. Here they are able to eat tuna or even dolphins in its deep waters.