Top Naples Dolphin Watching

Discover the sights and marine life of Naples on a sightseeing cruise. You have the opportunity to see birds, dolphins, and, season permitting, manatees. The cruise also takes you past the area’s top mansions, Keewaydin Island, and more. Relax and learn about local history, wildlife, and celebrity real estate during on board commentary. It’s the perfect time to take unobstructed photographs of the city and its natural surroundings.

Explore the Ten Thousand Islands by boat on a half-day tour to one of Florida’s top natural attractions. Depart from Marco Island, located just south of Naples, with a small group that is limited to 12 participants. Head to an isolated barrier island that is only accessible by boat, where you can snorkel and swim in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

See the gentle giants of the sea in their natural habitat on this tour. Climb aboard the covered boat and set out along the Florida waterways to spot some wildlife. Alligators, dolphins and all sorts of birds are known to frequent the areas, have your camera ready! The manatees sometimes come right up to the boat for an extra special experience.

Even if you’ve never kayaked before, you can still see manatees, dolphins, seabirds, and more in the wild on this Naples kayaking tour. Follow a guide through the protected estuary and mangrove tunnels at Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park and Barefoot Beach Preserve, learning about plant and animal wildlife from your guide and spotting animals you might miss on your own.

Without question, this tour route is the most unique kayak tour in the area and offers guests with the greatest opportunity to spot bucket list wildlife while visiting the Everglades area. This tour launches from a permit only launch site within the 10,000 Islands Wildlife Refuge. This route requires proper planning and expert knowledge due to the fluctuating tides. No other company is capable or willing to take the time needed for this type of planning. Guests will start their paddle through the salt marsh, a popular feeding zone for numerous long-legged wading birds and river otters. 30 minutes in guests will notice a change in habitat, transitioning into Mangroves, indicating a change in salinity and elevation. This is where you will enter one of the best Mangrove Tunnels in the county. After numerous mangrove tunnels, creeks and ponds and hopefully tons of wildlife guests will then empty out into a manatee safe zone the Faka-union Canal. Year Round expert kayak guides included!

Cruise aboard the Double Sunshine from Naples and into the Gulf of Mexico at sunset. Move freely on the deck to see the best views and capture lovely pictures. You may be able to spot dolphins or manatees swimming in the gulf. Cruise past stunning mansions in exclusive Port Royal, serene Keewaydin Island, and enjoy the tales of Florida history from your knowledgeable captain.

Immerse yourself in some of Florida’s loveliest scenery—and enjoy a relaxing excursion out on the water—with this private sailing tour. Meet your guide in the afternoon in Goodland, hop aboard your stiletto catamaran, and set sail. You’ll tour the Ten Thousand Islands region, known for its lush seascapes, mangrove forests, and wealth of wildlife. Your guide will point out landmarks and highlights as you go.

Take a break from the beach on a jet ski tour through the waters of Ten Thousand Island. In addition to pointing out dolphins and sea creatures often missed by untrained eyes, your guide brings you to secluded locations inaccessible to boats or kayaks. With a guaranteed small group size and a range of departure times, this jet ski adventure is popular choice for visitors to Naples.

Get an up-close view of Florida’s spectacular, coastal mangrove forests—and enjoy an active way to explore—on this kayaking or paddleboarding tour. Pick from multiple tour times, head to the departure point, and meet your guide: after an introduction to your kayak or paddleboard, you’ll hit the water. Paddle through mangrove tunnels, have the chance to spot wildlife like dolphins and manatees, and learn more about the forests from your guide.

Come explore Florida's beautiful Paradise Coast aboard a Telstar 28 trimaran sailboat! Watch dolphins put on a show, scour the beach for shells, or simply cruise offshore and feel the wind in your sails.

Exploring the Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge on your own can be intimidating if you don’t know your way around on the water. Book this Thousand Islands Compact Power Boat Tour and travel with a guide and group who won’t let you get lost. You’ll see stunning views of the wildlife refuge, as well as many animals and marine life as you cruise.

Look for dolphins in the waters of the Ten Thousand Islands on this boat tour from Marco Island. With a captain-guide, explore a piece of Florida's gulf coast to see and learn about the natural environment. You also have the opportunity to spot shorebirds with your live guide on hand to identify them.

We at Dolphin Research Tours have reinvented the ecotour. We provide real expertise. We have been studying the dolphin communities in southwest Florida for 16 years. No other tour can provide as thorough an understanding of the local dolphins. We respect the wildlife. Coastal dolphins are under increasing pressure from human interaction. On a Dolphin Research Tour, you are part of the solution, not part of the problem. We engage kids. Kids are not just along for the ride. We've developed a fun 'citizen-science' activity for children that lets them be a scientist for the day. We give back. During each trip we collect sighting data for The Dolphin Study, a non profit working to protect Marco Island's dolphins.

There’s no doubt shellers love this kayaking tour to Ten Thousand Islands from Marco Island, but it’s also a great choice for nature-lovers with a desire to explore ocean floors and tide pools. Your tour is customized to the tides to guarantee the best shelling experience and easiest paddling, letting you focus less on the work and more on the chances to see marine life such as: colorful corals, starfish, sea urchins, shells, dolphins, sea turtles, manatees, birds and more.

Take a kayak tour at sunset with a small group. Paddle with a naturalist through the mangroves of 10,000 Islands and the surrounding areas. Keep an eye out for manatees, sea turtles, dolphins, tropical birds, and other marine life. You’ll stop at a beach accessible only by boat and to collect seashells. A digital photo album and a shell baggie are extra bonuses.

Experience the beauty of the Gulf of Mexico while paddling through the mangroves of Estero Bay to see marine life up close. You often see dolphins and manatees. You get great exercise, you get to be out with nature, you can experience marine life on your own terms and you can find amazing shells on the beach while enjoying the turquoise waters and soaking up the sun in Southwest Florida! We also provide Guided Eco tours so that you can learn about many species of birds, plants and marine life in the area.