Shell Island Adventure: Lagoon, Kayak, Snorkel

Sail to Shell Island for kayaking, paddle boarding, snorkeling, and an inflatable water park. End with a dolphin search in the Gulf of Mexico.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • 4114 Jan Cooley Dr - Your 3-hour trip on our 52-foot catamaran Privateer will include a scenic dolphin boat tour through Grand Lagoon to Shell Island. Enjoy the tropical scenery and music as you look for dolphins along the way. There will be lots of fun waiting for you when you arrive at the inflatable water park at Shell Island, Panama City…
What's Included
  • Restroom onboard
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Beverages (Please note our bar accepts debit/credit card transactions only.)
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Snacks
Additional Information

We’ll begin this adventure with a sail through the Grand Lagoon area to our own private playground area off of Shell Island. Once you arrive, you’ll enjoy kayaking, paddle boarding, snorkeling, and an inflatable water park equipped with trampolines, water slides, seesaw ball and more on this 3 hour adventure cruise! At the end of the tour, we’ll go…

Location
4114 Jan Cooley Dr
Jan Cooley Drive
This tour departs from behind The Bayside Resort. You'll park at the resort, walk around the right side and check in at our kiosk. There is a 5-7 minute walk down the dock. Please let us know ahead of time if you need extra assistance and make sure to arrive 40 min prior to sail.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Departure19209369934
Oct 24, 2025
Adventure Tour to shell island - We had a great time and would highly recommend Mike, Chelsea and crew! Snorkeling was a lot of fun. There were a lot of beautiful fish hiding in the rocks on the island's point.
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Taylor_w
Oct 19, 2025
Amazing Panama City Experience - This is definitely the peak of our trip. The experience in itself was amazing. We came for my husbands birthday and he told me it was the best birthday he has ever had. The crew was VERY accommodating and we got well over a 3 hour excursion. Once we made it to shell island my husband and our friends had a blast on the obstacles and I just floated on a paddle board and snorkeled some, but that alone was amazing. We were given a free drink for each of us, and the co captains were bored so they even made us some virgin piná colada’s. The captain was adamant on finding us some dolphins to see, so we floated around for about an hour, although we had no luck finding any, this was probably the best experience I’ve had in Panama. I would definitely recommend to anyone.
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Heidi_s
Oct 15, 2025
Crew was great, very... - Crew was great, very friendly and fun! We had a wonderful time. The weather was perfect! We saw dolphins and a stingray!
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Brandon_d
Oct 14, 2025
5 ⭐️ Experience - This was truly an awesome experience. The kids really enjoyed it. My husband and I got to snorkel which we love to do. The crew was really fun and gave exceptional customer service. Wish I could remember their names!
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Nataliecd96dn
Oct 10, 2025
Fun family day - It was a fun time for the whole family. Saw several critters on our tour. Would definitely do it again. Crew was fantastic.
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Elizabeth_d
Oct 5, 2025
Fall break 2025 - It was breath taking the staff was amazing and friendly. The beach at shell island was beautiful 💕 I will say you need bug spray for the little pesky flies 🤣
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Gapeach1313
Sep 27, 2025
Great way to enjoy the water without sitting on a beach all day. - Captain Mike, Jess and Lamar were great. Safety first but fun time. Good music too. . Saw a bunch of dolphins. Inflatables were fun but hard.
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Tabitha_n
Sep 24, 2025
Great Trip - It’s was very fun! We saw lots of kermit crabs and we got to see dolphins!! The Captain mike was great, same with Jess!
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I9474bsnicolep
Oct 18, 2025
Great time, beautiful - I went on this trip to Shell Island one 10/16/25. I paid $65.00, which I thought was a pretty fair price for what it said you get. Upin arrival ( you have to be there 40 min prior to your take off time, I arrived about 25 min before and thank God didn't miss it lol). You leave PROMPTLY at noon (my time slot). The ride over was very nice. They have a mini bar downstairs with select beer, frozen pina colodas and strawberry daiquiri either alcoholic or virgin which were good. I had both, virgin, as I don't drink. They're good size too and are $10 each, but we got 1 free soda or water and half price drinks that day which was awesome! Not sure if they do that every trip or if I just got lucky. When we got to Shell Island, the water bounce floats were pretty cool. They had a huge slide, trampoline, something that looked like Saturn lol that 3 or 4 people stand on and rock, kyacks, 2 green float pads, a slide off the back of the boat (and stairs for us older people lol). The water was disappointing. It had all this green long leaves and stuff in it, all over and the water was not that clear. BUT if you walk off the boat and go to the right where the bounce stuff is, walk down and short but, the water is like the Caribbean!! I was sick of trying to avoid those things in the water, so I got out and went for a walk, and SOOOO glad I did. The water is gorgeous on the opposite side. I don't know why, but who cares, right lol. The kids that went had a blast on the water toys, so it's very kid friendly. You spend about 2 hours on the island, then go dolphin watching, and they were out that day! Jumping and swimming all around us! It was breathtaking, especially for someone like me who's never seen dolphins like that. Mike, the captain, is great! He's very informative, and kind. The 2 girls, his deck hands, were great too! ( I'm so bad with names). Oh, the front of the boat has this area for kids to sit thats soft and woven like a pie top lol. It's safe and keeps them busy on the ride there and back. All in all, I had a great time and the price is reasonable for what you get.
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537michalinab
Oct 12, 2025
Would do it again - The island was beautiful and we enjoyed searching for shells. The Captain and crew were amazing and made the trip fun. I will say the inflatables are made for athletes, not your everyday adult
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From $65
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).