Imagine cruising over the Gulf of Mexico on a boat or jet ski alongside a pod of bottlenose dolphins. The salty breeze is blowing through your hair, the sun is shining, and all's right with the world as you find adventure along the coast beside these marine creatures.
One of the top things to do in PCB is a dolphin tour. Choose from one of the many local outfitters and set out on a daytime or evening sightseeing tour, exploring St. Andrews Bay and the clear waters around Shell Island. You don’t have to stay on the watercraft. Some excursions add snorkeling time to the itinerary for a quintessential Gulf Coast experience.
Dolphin boat tours in Panama City Beach range from half-day to full-day excursions and private or public outings. Most dolphin tours are limited in number, making for a more intimate and relaxing experience. You can interact with the tour captain, cruise comfortably, and get close enough to the dolphins to take plenty of photos and videos. Panama City Beach Dolphin Tours & Adventures LLC offer public and private charters. Besides dolphin sightseeing. Add a snorkeling tour to your water adventure. Private charters may be booked for up to eight hours and can accommodate up to six guests. Public tours are typically three hours long. Blue Dolphin Tours provides a public (two hours) and a private tour (two to four hours). Most boats can accommodate up to six guests. The large family Blue Dolphin cruise can fit 15. Local outfitters typically provide snorkeling gear on excursions. Large groups may enjoy the bright-yellow, 73-foot Sea Screamer, offering day and sunset cruises. Each two-hour tour includes a 10-mile ride along the coast and dolphin sightseeing. If you’re bringing kids along, they may get a chance to help the captain steer the boat.
Make reservations ahead of time with any local company as spots may be limited. Soon enough, you won’t be imagining but actually experiencing PCB alongside dolphins.
The waters around Shell Island are home to a large group of bottlenose dolphins. You can encounter these amazing marine mammals at home in their natural habitat on one of our Panama City Beach Dolphin Tours.
St. Andrew Bay is home to one of the world’s largest resident populations of bottlenose dolphins, the iconic gray dolphins that most people are familiar with from television, movies, and marine parks. The dolphins of St. Andrew Bay are wild animals but they are accustomed to the presence of people and it is common for boaters on the Bay to find themselves among a group of swimming, feeding, and playing dolphins.