Dolfijnen spotten en snorkelcruise bij het eiland Shell Key

My husband and I had a great experience. We had a beautiful boat ride out to Shell Key. We took lots of pictures and videos. On the way back, we were hit with a rain storm. The wind picked up and the air got cold. It was an awesome experience. Dave got us back safely I would definitely do this again. Made me feel like a kid again. I love living on the edge.

Our guide, Dave, was awesome! Had some great knowledge to share and a fun sense of humor. It was perfect for my teen daughters. We saw lots of dolphins and he spotted manatees for us. The shell snorkeling was the perfect about of time.

This trip was AMAZING. We 100% loved it, we 100,000% would recommend it, and we're already talking about booking it again next year. Captain Noel was fantastic. He is clearly knowledgeable about the area and has an eagle eye for spotting wildlife, including dolphins and manatees. The boat is for small groups - we were lucky enough to have it all to ourselves on today (family of 4). We had a relaxing ride to a shallow spot where we could walk in knee deep water and look at sand dollars, crabs, whelks, conchs, etc. Noel was great with our kids (ages 13 and 10) - he looked for shells with us and taught us about what animals lived in them, what was ok to keep, what to look for, and what to avoid. There was snorkel equipment available if we wanted to use it, but it ended up being easier (for us) to just walk in the water and look around. My kids kept saying "mom, this is awesome!" Noel then took us to a beach on Shell Key, where we searched for shells for the last part of our trip. We've been on a few boat-based adventures over the past couple summers, and I can hands down say that this was the best of all of them. We had such a good time, I wish there was a longer time-frame we could've done - we had that much fun! Thank you, Captain Noel, for the great adventure - it was definitely the highlight of our trip!!