Dolphin Cruise: Scenic Waterway Adventure

Orange Beach

Embark on a thrilling Dolphin Cruise in Orange Beach, Alabama. Enjoy music, snacks, and guaranteed dolphin sightings. Perfect for couples or group adventures.

Duration: 2 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Orange Beach - Once aboard, enjoy a guided tour of the local waterways while relaxing to beach music as we search for bottlenose dolphins.
For your convenience, a snack bar is available on the boat, offering sandwiches, soft drinks, candy, chips, ice cream, beer, wine, and mixed drinks. Guests are welcome to bring their own coolers for…

What's Included

Life vest for 8 and under
Certified Guide/Driver

What's Not Included

GRATUITY

Additional Information

Once on board, guests will enjoy a guided tour of the area’s waterways, accompanied by beach music as we search for bottlenose dolphins. For added convenience, there is a snack bar on the boat offering sandwiches, soft drinks, candy, chips, ice cream, beer, wine, and mixed drinks. Guests are welcome to bring their own coolers for non-alcoholic…

Location

27212 Marina Rd

Marina Road

We are at Happy Harbor Marina. Please park and walk towards the water and we are in the small brown/grey building next to the blue building.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

4.3

(105 Ratings)

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Ronald_b

Sep 6, 2026

Would recommend - Saw plenty of dolphin. The crew was very knowledgeable and friendly. Boat was spacious with many locations to view .

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Vic_h

Sep 1, 2026

Dolphin Cruise Excitment! - As part of our 38th Wedding Anniversary celebration, we booked this Dolphin Cruise and was very pleased that we did. We were able to see quite a few dolphins and enjoy the relaxing view. The staff was knowledgeable and friendly.

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Kayla_h

Aug 6, 2026

Awesome for families! - The small 15 passenger boat was great! Our captain, Kaden, did an awesome job! We saw so many dolphins! And the pictures with the sunset in the background were amazing!

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Torie_b

Aug 6, 2026

It was an amazing... - It was an amazing experience! The dolphins were so close to the boat and there was so many! You could hear them so clearly too.

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Allison_p

Jul 31, 2026

Upstairs has AC and seats... - Upstairs has AC and seats with tables set up. Downstairs you can stand along the rail or if you’re lucky enough to get a seat. My kids wanted to wander around, so we saw Dolphins from both sides

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Marly_b

Sep 5, 2026

Family dolphin cruise - The captain really works on finding the dolphins!! And also knows about the area and was a bit of a tour guide

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Connie_a

Aug 6, 2026

Dolphin Cruise - Enjoyed the excursion. We saw several dolphins. We liked that we had air conditioning. Just need changing tables.

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Wswjon84

Aug 7, 2026

Waste of money and numerous mechanical issues! - We were told the 3pm cruise was canceled due to mechanical issues, so this cruise was packed. They advertised air-conditioned upstairs but 5 minutes into the cruise the electrical system went out - no A/C, no microphone, nothing. Downstairs was so packed other was nowhere for our elderly family to sit to catch a breeze. The fumes/exhaust were terrible and made several in our party nauseous. Not one part of this cruise was enjoyable or worth the $38 per ticket. Other dolphin cruises were much cheaper. They need to scrap this boat and get something that works. Save your money and go elsewhere for a dolphin cruise.

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Roried702

Jul 31, 2026

Bad Dolphin Cruise - The trip was overbooked. We got a call about 30 min before our trip saying there were 126 people booked on one boat and would we (a party of 10) want to ride on an smaller, open air boat that holds 15 people. I had paid for the early boarding but when they asked about the smaller boat, we lost the early boarding pass. We rode on the big boat and it was dirty, and extremely crowded. There are fold out tables and fold out chairs in the upstairs cabin. We spent a lot of time going in circles trying to see the 5-6 dolphins that showed up. You could smell a lot of fuel fumes the whole time. I would not do this again with this company.

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I3398mxellaw

Jul 31, 2026

Not worth your time nor your money - We were disappointed with our experience. Prior to our excursion, we were notified that our original boat had been over booked with 126 passengers. We were offered the option to switch to a smaller boat with only one other family, which we were happy to do. However, when we arrived, we were informed there was no room for one of our family members, whose ticket had been purchased separately because she is a college student and we weren’t sure if she would be able to attend. As a result, we were moved back to the larger boat and our priority boarding was canceled. Once we were out on the water, the dolphins were not very active, which we understand is beyond anyone’s control. However, the excursion seemed to continue for an unnecessarily long time with very few dolphin sightings. We were on the water for nearly two hours, much of which was spent without anything to see. Additionally, the boat itself was not very clean. There was a strong smell of grease and gasoline fumes in the upstairs carpeted area, and the children’s life jackets were grimy and appeared to need a thorough cleaning. Overall, we left feeling disappointed, especially given the changes to our reservation and the condition of the boat.

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From $34

up to 15 guests

1 - Adult