2 Hours Swim with the Dolphins in Panama City
- 2 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Experience and swim with wild Bottle Nose Dolphins in their natural habitat. You can get up close and personal with these amazing animals and see how they interact with each other as well as many other creatures.
Inclusions
What's included
- Bottled water
- Use of Snorkelling equipment
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
4.7
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Ratings come from 406 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
Showing reviews written in English.
4It’s great for seeing...
It’s great for seeing dolphins but not exactly swimming with them, least not on our tour. Seeing shell island was cool!
5Swim with Dolphins
Captain Dale is a must for an amazing experience! We were with dolphins the majority of the time we were out. My friend and I were on the same time as a family of 4 with 2 small children and Captain Dale was fantastic. He is fun,informative, funny,and really wants people to have a great experience. I will go back!
5Best dolphin experience
Out of the many dolphin boat tours my family has done, this was the best one. Dale was amazing at getting us in the water with the dolphins, could not have asked for more
5This is awesome
We had so much fun. Dale was a great guide he put us right on the dolphins. Some swam so close you could touch them. It was super cool seeing them so close definitely doing this again.
5A+
Enjoyed the trip. Guide had a great understanding of dolphens and we were able to experience several dolphin encounters.
1Do not book!!!!
Do not let the positive reviews fool you!!! Dale was kind of a bull tbh. No instruction at all until he was yelling at you to jump in if you were going to get in. The boat is old and the seats are damaged. No water was provided like described. Some of the life jackets didn’t work. It says shell island snorkeling is included, it’s not. The group with us asked if we snorkeling at shell island and he said he guessed we could stop for a few minutes. One lady needed to use the bathroom so he let her get off to go and then told us all to blame her for cutting into our snorkel time. We did see dolphins and get to jump in with them, but he’s all over the place yelling at you to jump in. When we did finally get to shell island to snorkel he told us to hurry and jump in. He dropped us off on the bay side and the current was rough. It was shallow water and he didn’t tell us to put lifejackets on just told us to hurry and jump in if we were going to snorkel. My husband and jumped in and the boat started rocking toward him. Everyone else got ready to jump in and then suddenly Dale yelled at my husband that he should have a life jacket on and got him back on the pontoon. At one point the front of the pontoon hit a wave and went under and flooded the pontoon. It was as definitely a sketchy tour that felt unsafe. A majority of our time was spent on him going miles out into the ocean. Yes we did see dolphins and got to get in twice, but it was not worth feeling unsafe and uncomfortable.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- 4601 W. Hwy. 98 We meet at Papa Joe's. Go west on 98, come across the bridge and Papa Joe's will be on the right. Look for the Papa Joe's sign out front. Please arrive 20-30 minutes early so that you can push away from the dock on time.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 6 travellers
- Operated by
- Bay Point Water Sports
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Panama City Beach
- Its from-price is 23% below the median of the 104 experiences we list in Panama City Beach.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 8 of 104.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Panama City Beach
Panama City Beach is a Florida Panhandle resort on the Gulf of Mexico, with white quartz sand, clear green water and state park dunes.
Panama City Beach stretches for about forty kilometres along the Gulf of Mexico in the Florida Panhandle, a resort strip of condominiums and beach houses fronting white sand that squeaks underfoot. The sand is fine quartz washed down from the Appalachian Mountains, and the Gulf is clear and emerald green. Pier Park is the shopping and entertainment centre of the strip.
