Your Wish List Shapes Two Hours on St. Andrews Bay
A private two-hour boat on St. Andrews Bay that Captain Brittany plans around your group: dolphins, snorkeling, shells or birds.
The boat takes up to six travelers, and the booking keeps it to your group alone. The plan is up to you. The listing sets out a menu of options, from dolphin watching across St. Andrews Bay to snorkeling, wildlife spotting, shell hunting and a run around the bay itself. Tell Captain Brittany what your group wants to see, and the two hours get built around it.
Travelers describe very different days on this trip. One family started with dolphins and sea turtles and finished snorkeling at Shell Island. Another spent its time with the captain teaching the kids to pick out shark teeth and fish bones.
As of October 29, 2026, the booking calendar priced one traveler and a group of six at the same total, and it listed four start times a day: 9:00 AM, 11:30 AM, 2:00 PM and 4:30 PM. All sales are final once you book.
Snorkeling, Dolphin and Wildlife Sightings at St. Andrews BayTwo-hour private boat for up to six on St. Andrews Bay, with snorkel gear, bottled water and a cooler with ice.www.viator.comThe Bay's Own Dolphins, and What Else Surfaces
St. Andrews Bay is home to many local dolphins, according to the listing, and they can turn up anywhere in it. Travelers writing from 2023 onward also report sea turtles, rays, ospreys and, now and then, a manatee. Pelicans, blue herons and egrets are among the birds the listing names.
White-tailed deer are the one sighting the listing ties to a time of day: they show up more on the afternoon runs. None of it runs to a schedule. What surfaces depends on the day.
Snorkel Gear Rides Along, and Shell Island Is in Range
Snorkeling equipment comes with the booking. The listing offers the swim itself only when conditions allow. The gear is a promise; the swim depends on the day.
Shell hunting is the other draw. The listing says the Panhandle holds plenty of shells, and travelers write about sand dollars and shark teeth found on Shell Island, plus hermit crabs and sea urchins in the shallows. One 2025 review describes a daughter finding starfish and the captain explaining why they go back in the water.
What the Boat Carries and What You Pack
The boat has a cooler with ice and bottled water for everyone. Food, snacks and soft drinks are not supplied, and the cooler holds whatever you bring. Leave glass bottles behind; the listing bans them on board. Sunscreen is yours to bring too.
The listing describes the boat as roomy, with storage, and asks guests to pack a bag for towels, sunscreen and a change of clothes. It also notes that infants ride on an adult's lap and that service animals are allowed, and it does not recommend the trip for travelers with serious medical conditions. Tips are not included.
Booking Terms and the Weather
The listing treats every sale as final, with no refund for cancellations. Its weather terms are the exception: a trip called off for poor weather gets another date or a full refund. Each booking takes up to six travelers of any age, babies included in the count.
Two travelers describe the captain calling ahead to suggest a different day when the forecast looked cold or stormy, and another wrote about her watching the radar to dodge rain during the trip. That is how reviews describe her; the written terms are the ones above.
📍 The boat leaves from Richard Simpson Boat Ramp in Carl Gray Park, on North Bay just north of Gulf Coast State College in Panama City, a separate city from Panama City Beach. It ties up at one of the docks. Look for the dark blue Bimini top.
The city lists the park's hours as dawn until dusk. The last departure of the day leaves at 4:30 PM, and the trip runs two hours. The trip ends at the same ramp it started from, one wish list later.