Shell Island Dolphin And Snorkel Excursion - Panama City Beach

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Key Details

  • Mobile Voucher Accepted
  • Free Cancellation
  • Instant Confirmation
  • Lowest Price Guaranteed
  • Duration: 2 Hrs
  • Departure Time :
    8:30am, 11am, 1:30pm, or 4pm (select when booking), Please arrive at marina 20 minutes before departure to check in
  • Departure Details :
    Lighthouse Marina
  • Cancellation Policy :
    This activity is non-refundable Tours booked using discount coupon codes will be non refundable.

Overview

Discover the marine life of the Gulf of Mexico on this 2-hour Shell Island tour from Panama City Beach. Watch for bottlenose dolphins in the water, and go snorkeling in the shallows to spot fish, sea horses, and more. Select a morning or afternoon departure time when booking.

Know More about this tour

After checking in at Lighthouse Marina in Panama City Beach, your tour begins as you board your boat and take off across the waters of the Grand Lagoon out to St Andrews Bay.

Your captain points out sights and areas of interest on your way to Shell Island, where you'll hop in the water with provided snorkeling gear to explore the abundant sea life found in the emerald-green waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Among the grassy shallows, you may see creatures such as sea horses and starfish.

Then hop back on the boat for the next activitydolphin-spotting. Watch these marine mammals in their native environment, where they often swim and jump near the boat. Your tour ends with return to the marina.

Inclusions

Local guide/captain

Use of snorkeling equipment

Cooler on board for cold storage

Exclusions

Gratuities (recommended)

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Food and drinks

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking

Maximum of 6 people per booking

Subject to weather and water conditions. If canceled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of alternative date or full refund

Traveler Reviews

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  • 29-Aug-2018

    Use another service to book Shell Island Tour. Viator messed up our reservation. Did nothing to make good and ruined one day of our vacation. I am leaving bad reviews on every site I can find.

  • 16-Jul-2018

    Our tour guide Bruce was the best! Super knowledgeable on the area, found us dolphins multiple times. Read a lot of reviews for other places, this was defintatly a great choice. 5 of us went out and all 5 of us had an amazing time! Don’t

  • 17-Mar-2018

    DO NOT BOOK WITH THIS COMPANY. Captain Rob was EXTREMELY INAPPROPRIATE and RUDE. He took a personal phone call during the boat about legal issues. After one hour, someone on the boat asked whether we would be going back soon. Right then a dolphin swam up and we all got excited because it was a close encounter. Captain Rob (without saying anything) just SPED OFF back to the dock. It was very obvious that none of us wanted to leave right as the dolphin showed up. But the WORST PART is that CAPTAIN ROB took PHOTOS of me and my friends in OUR BIKINIS on HIS CELLPHONE without asking our permission!! As we left, I asked him directly whether he was going to give us the photos because he said nothing and he was obviously planning to keep them for himself. He sent me only 2 photos (that were very creepy and close up of my body), saying the rest were blurry when I know he took MANY more. AND IT IS NOT REAL SNORKELING. DO NOT BOOK WITH THIS COMPANY!!!!

  • 20-Oct-2017

    This boat tour was the highlight of our vacation in PCB. Caption Robert was cordial, informative, remembered all of our names and made sure the ride was not too rough for one passenger me with a very bad back. My daughter got to captain the boat briefly, which thrilled her to no end. The snorkeling interlude was a lot of fun and easy for everyone. We highly recommend this tour company and Captain Robert unhesitatingly. An added plus was that the weather was ideal, the waters crystal clear for ray and dolphin spotting, and it being a weekday, our small party had Captain Robert and his nice new craft all to ourselves. We were kings for a couple of hours. Thank you!

  • 06-Oct-2017

    We had beautiful weather for this excursion. Our Captain was funny and entertaining. he stopped along the trip to point out landmarks, State Parks etc. We saw a ton of dolphins and even saw a SEA TURTLE!! I was so excited! He gave us the option of 2 different snorkeling spots- one where we could get out and look at Shell Island get shells but not see as much sea life OR not see the Island and see more sea life. We opted for the second one. We got out of the boat and saw tons of fish, got to pick up and hold numerous starfish and we found a bunch of sand dollars we threw them all back not wanting to kill them of course. The trip was awesome! well worth the price!

  • 25-Sep-2017

    Excellent Captain Rob!

  • 20-Aug-2017

    Amazing once in a lifetime experience!

  • 15-Aug-2017

    HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND THE CAPTAIN DID A GREAT JOB...THE GRANDKIDS HAVE FUN

  • 06-Aug-2017

    This tour was amazing. Captain Cody did a great job keeping us entertained. We saw dolphins and lots of fish during the snorkeling. The kids have not stopped talking about this excursion.

  • 28-Jul-2017

    This was a fun excursion and we were able to see some dolphins along with many other boats surrounding them. We then went out to Shell Island where we snorkeled and found a variety of shells. We were told we would look for more dolphins on our way back but never did. Captain Rob has great knowledge of the waters and the area and pointed out the homes of Luke Bryan and Hulk Hogan. Overall, we enjoyed the trip!

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