Keeping you safe during COVID-19
What you can expect during your visit
Gear/equipment sanitized between use
Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
A note about this tour
Small groups only, FULLY CDC compliant with social distance guidelines. Boats are disinfected just prior to every trip. All payments are made online, with no contact. We look forward to seeing you again!
Overview
Hop on a cruise to Shell Key Island and see dolphins and other wildlife while snorkeling. At this pristine wildlife preserve, you'll get to snorkel and observe the wildlife, go for a relaxing swim, or just walk along the beach and collect shells. Depending on the time of year, you'll see dolphins in their natural habitat, along with manatees, rays, and wild birds.
All of our rides are semi-private, with a maximum of 6 passengers per boat, so you get to avoid the crowds when you ride with us.
Highlights
- Family friendly
- Small-group tour
- Travel by boat and see the sights from the water
Description
Schedule
What's Included
What To Bring
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Reviews
Average 4.81 out of 5 stars based on 81 verified reviews from Cool Destinations and TripAdvisor
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Cheryl_P, Jan 2022 Verified
Awesome captain! Awesome scenery, and we saw dolphins!!!! Great highlight of our vacation! Thanks a million!!
cherylpK4424BV, Jan 2022 Verified
Captain Dalton did an amazing job guiding us through the waters! He was very knowledgeable about the area and educated us on the eco system and led us to the dolphins!, We thoroughly enjoyed our excursion. I would highly recommend this tour to visitors of the St Pete area.
Billie_D, Dec 2021 Verified
Our Captain Dalton did a great job. We saw a Dolpins just as we left the no wave zone. He swam next to us for a bit so got to watch him. Dalton gave us information on other wildlife in the area. We saw a sting ray and other small fish near the shell key. Gathered some good shells to take home. It was fun for our family would recommend.
E5439JKerinm, Dec 2021 Verified
We saw several dolphins and collected beautiful sea shells. Such an enjoyable experience! Highly recommended!
mariacarolinav2204, Dec 2021 Verified
It was an amazing experience. We were a couple minutes late and they waited and accomodated us. They had a lifevest for my 1-year-old baby. We even saw a dolphin with her baby swimming. Our capitain knew so much about sea life, dolphins and the St. Pete/Tampa area. Highly recommended. I only wished it lasted longer.
mindovermayow, Dec 2021 Verified
Captain Dalton was great! We saw so many dolphins throughout the trip and the snorkeling on Shell Key was so fun. Captain D spotted a starfish for us. Highly recommend!
chigirl7791, Dec 2021 Verified
We did this tour in July 2019 for the first time and it was fun this time as well. The water is much cooler so keep that in mind when booking a snorkeling tour in December. :-)
Josh H, Dec 2021 Verified
Captain Dalton provided a great family experience for us. He made our family feel welcome from the start, and also gave us some fun local information on Shell Island and the biodiversity. Bonus, we saw a dolphin up close and had a great time shelling!
shakerwalkers, Dec 2021 Verified
Captain Devon was a lot of fun as well as very knowledgeable about the ecosystems of the Gulf and Bay. The boat was super comfortable, and the two-hour cruise was a perfect amount of time for us since we were visiting family and didn't want to take a full day.
JWen2Travel, Nov 2021 Verified
One of the best choices I made was to make a reservation with Island Ferry. Our original date showed bad weather and they called me to see if we could change the date. Thankfully we could because the excursion was fantastic. Captain Roger was so knowledgeable about the area and answered all my 4 years old questions. We saw so many dolphins playing. It was so cool! Shell Island was crazy cool. SO MANY SHELLS! I looked for weeks at all the different companies that do tours of Shell Island and I selected this one because of the small group size. Since we were a party of 5 we had the entire boat to ourselves. It was amazing. You won't regret booking this!
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