A 4-hour Dolphin Swim Tour to
Shell Island off Panama City Beach.
Take advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity to swim with wild dolphins in Panama City Beach (near Destin and 30A). Spend the morning or afternoon with a professional team of instructors who will educate you on the proper way to interact with the dolphins. The tour is capped off with several live swim-ins at Shell Island for potential encounters with a success rate of about 99%. Our dolphin tour is very fluid and it unfolds differently every day based on the weather conditions, visibility in the water, dolphins behavior and their whereabouts. We will occasionally encounter and swim with other marine animals like manatees, manta rays, spotted eagle rays, etc. Visibility allowing, you will snorkel and observe tropical fish, starfish, sand dollars and other seashells. The last part of your wild dolphin swim tour will take you to various snorkeling spots at the jetties and/or in the Bay of St. Andrews depending on visibility in the water. You will also have the opportunity to wade the shallows to look for hermit crabs, sand dollars, sea urchins, occasional starfish and seahorses and to walk on Shell Island, which is a pristine State Nature Preserve.
Here are some of the highlights you may be experiencing during a Water Planet dolphin tours to Shell Island.
Water Planet cannot guarantee interaction with wild dolphins nor ideal weather conditions. You will get the chance to reschedule if we cancel your tour due to an official small crafts advisory.