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Shell Island is popular with locals as it's a beautiful, peaceful place to relax, swim and have a couple of beers while dipping your toes in sand. Unfortunately, to reach Shell Island you'll need to take a boat.
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The best things about snorkeling and swimming are the oceans. The island's inland hiking trails offer the chance to view rare Florida bird and plant species in their natural environment.
The Park lies along miles of sugar-sand coastline, which is consistently rated America's best beach. St. Andrews State Park is 1200 acres. It offers boating and camping, swimming, watersports, fishing and hiking, as well as bird/wildlife viewing. Shell Island Water Taxi is located at 1101 Bayview Avenue in Panama City, FL 32401. It provides water transportation to Shell Island, which is one of Panama City's most popular attractions.
Shell Island is popular with locals as it's a beautiful, peaceful place to relax, swim and have a couple of beers while dipping your toes in sand. Unfortunately, to reach Shell Island you'll need to take a boat.
A pontoon boat rental is a great way for you to have a Shell Island beach experience. A pontoon boat is safe, stable, spacious, easy to use, and a great way to explore Shell Island. With your private pleasure boat, you can cruise the blue waters of St. Andrew Bay or play on the white sands at Shell Island.
The condos' beach is surrounded by asphalt and other building materials that cause storm runoff in the rain. Shell Island doesn't have this, so the water is more beautiful here than at other beaches. This area could easily pass for the Bahamas. It's breathtaking. Shell Island Water Taxi takes you on a ride to your destination. Enjoy the unique experience that only locals can offer.
You are looking for things to do in Panama City Beach Florida. Shell Island and St. Andrews State Park should be on your list. Rent water sports equipment & pontoon boat boats and take our Water Taxi to Shell Island. Or, go on a Dolphin Tour to meet bottlenose dolphins.
Snorkeling is good around the St. Andrews State Park jetty, and excellent out on Shell Island. Habitats range from sand bottom, to shallow grass flats, to the rocky faces of the jetties. Expect to see tropical fish, crabs, rays, and if you are lucky, a sea turtle or some of the resident bottlenose dolphins. If you don’t have your own gear, snorkel equipment is available for rent at the Jetty Store, or get it as part of a complete package along with Shuttle tickets on a Shell Island Snorkel Tour.
St Andrews is one of our favorite state parks. I hope you enjoy! over a year ago. Yes you can kayak from the park to Shell Island however it is a little bit of distance and across a boating channel.
Shell Island can only be accessed by boat, and the Shell Island Water Taxi is the easiest, safest, and quickest way for visitors to reach Shell Island.
Snorkeling is safe and easy for people of all ages. One of the best things about Shell Island is that the calm shallow water behind the jetty is the perfect place for first-time snorkelers to try the sport.
Shell Island is an undeveloped barrier island between St. Andrew Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. The area stretching out for 7 miles with no hotels, no restaurants, no food stalls, no trash cans, no picnic tables, no buildings. It's natural beauty for as far as you can see.