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St Maarten Motorboat Cruise: Exploring Long Bay, Creole Rock and Tintamarre Island
5.0
61 Ratings
Simpson Bay
Embark on a thrilling motorboat cruise in St Maarten, discovering the stunning Long Bay, snorkeling at Creole Rock, and swimming at Tintamarre and Pinel Island. Enjoy a delicious lunch at Grand Case and spot turtles at Tintemarre Island. With Captain Roy as your guide, this adventure is bound to be unforgettable!
Embark on a thrilling motorboat cruise in St Maarten, discovering the stunning Long Bay, snorkeling at Creole Rock, and swimming at Tintamarre and Pinel Island. Enjoy a delicious lunch at Grand Case and spot turtles at Tintemarre Island. With Captain Roy as your guide, this adventure is bound to be unforgettable!
Duration:
6 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Cupecoy Bay - Step aboard the Santino, a 39-foot custom-built motorboat, for an exciting day exploring some of the island’s most renowned locations!
- Tintamarre Island - Typical stops include Long Bay, Creole Rock, Pinel, and Tintamarre. This excursion features an open bar with beer, sodas, rum punch, fruit punch, and bottled water. Snorkeling…
- Cupecoy Bay - Step aboard the Santino, a 39-foot custom-built motorboat, for an exciting day exploring some of the island’s most renowned locations!
- Tintamarre Island - Typical stops include Long Bay, Creole Rock, Pinel, and Tintamarre. This excursion features an open bar with beer, sodas, rum punch, fruit punch, and bottled water. Snorkeling gear and noodles are provided, and the Santino is equipped with a compact yet functional marine toilet.
- Pinel Island - Snacks or lunch are not provided, so it’s recommended to bring extra cash if planning to dine at a restaurant. From April to October, the Santino often completes a full circuit around St Maarten, with numerous stops along the way. During the Christmas winds, navigating the north side becomes challenging due to large seas, so the itinerary shifts to the west side, visiting Creole Rock and several beaches along the west coast.
- Baie Rouge - The journey can occasionally be wet, so it’s advisable to store valuables in a plastic ziplock bag.
What's Included
- Driver/guide
- Bottled water
- Lunch
- Use of snorkeling equipment
- Environmental Management Charge (Reef Tax)
- Beverages
- Driver/guide
- Bottled water
- Lunch
- Use of snorkeling equipment
- Environmental Management Charge (Reef Tax)
- Beverages
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup
- Hotel drop-off
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup
- Hotel drop-off
Additional Information
Discover the stunning coastline of St Maarten by motorboat! Must-visit spots include Long Bay, Creole Rock for snorkeling, Grand Case for a delightful lunch, and Tintamarre Island and Pinel Island for a refreshing swim. Keep an eye out for turtles at Tintamarre Island! Enjoy a meal at the Lolo Shacks, featuring chicken and ribs. Captain Roy will guide…
Discover the stunning coastline of St Maarten by motorboat! Must-visit spots include Long Bay, Creole Rock for snorkeling, Grand Case for a delightful lunch, and Tintamarre Island and Pinel Island for a refreshing swim. Keep an eye out for turtles at Tintamarre Island! Enjoy a meal at the Lolo Shacks, featuring chicken and ribs. Captain Roy will guide you throughout the day, sharing his knowledge of the best locations.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- IMPORTANT NOTE: Please arrive 30 minutes before departure time.
Location
Aqua Mania Adventures
Billy Folly Road
We are located on the marina of the Simpson Bay Resort in Pelican. Check in 8:15am for this tour.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(61 Ratings)
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Tourist09513464520
Feb 27, 2026
Perfect day on the water. Great crew and wonderful all around experience. Dont miss this tour when in St Maarten - Great adventure.
Wonderful cheerful staff and in total a lovely day
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Deborahed5036jl
Jan 19, 2026
Delightful Excursion with Tour around entire island - Our family had a wonderful time traveling around St. Maarten with Captain Roy and Jaden. The ride was smooth, views beautiful, snorkeling top notch, and hospitality superb. Jaden made sure to make every guest comfortable, both in serving snacks and refilling drinks, but also in offering my kids a book so they could read about what they had just seen underwater. We have done other boat tours in other locations, and this one was by far the best. In addition, swimming with sea turtles was the most peaceful thing I have ever experienced. People on our boat were repeat customers every year for 20 years, a beautiful testament to the incredible staff and trip. I cannot recommend highly enough.
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Barbara
Jan 11, 2026
A great day around the island with Captain Roy on the Santino! - Captain Roy and Jaden were awesome. We loved this speedboat tour as we were able to visit more spots than if we were on a catamaran. Great hospitality and music, snacks and drinks. Snorkelling was fun and we saw sea turtles, coral and tropical fishes. Especially liked Baie Longue as a stop. Thank you Roy!
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Katieew7656nh
Dec 2, 2025
Great Experience on Motorboat Cruise - Captain Roy and Jaden were FANTASTIC. 10/10 experience and highly recommend this tour. They were so fun and knowledgeable and made sure everyone had a great time. Our family will definitely be going again in the future.
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Roseg28
Nov 18, 2025
Great day on the water - What a great trip. Swimming and snorkeling fun! We saw beautiful fish and sea turtles. Lunch was really good as well. It was a great day on the water.
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33monav
Sep 19, 2025
The Santino all day motor boat in Sept 2025. - This trip on the Santino on 09/16/2025 was the best of the best. The Captain, who has worked with them for many years, over 10, and his mate, a young man, catered to us in every way. This is a full trip with food, magnificent lunch at Grand Case, drinks, multiple stops, and sites from turtles to multiple color fishes, and an incredible tour of the full island. ( I recall 5 or 4 stops), snorkeling, beautiful sites around the island. The captain and mate extremely informative. But this is a jam packed and most eventful trip. Hats off Aquamania to a wonderful captain and mate on the Santino. We will be back.
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Jacksx1215ov
Sep 13, 2025
Wondeful Time; Great Snorkeling - My wife and I had a great time from start to finish. We had 12 passengers onboard, plus Captain Roy and his first mate. Vey kind and informative with little tidbits and factoids over the course of the day. First stop was a brief swim in a beautiful French side of the island. Then passed an estate owned by President Donald J. Trump and one by Ricky Martin. The second stop was for snorkeling: beautiful location and lots of fish. Then lunch, which was good, at a local restaurant. Next up, snorkeling with sea turtles near an uninhabited island.
The fourth stop was a stay-onboard because of some aquatic issues, but not the crew’s fault. then a fun, high speed and full of ocean spray (not the juice) trip back to complete the round trip.
definitely worth a day of your time.
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Z4272komp
Sep 2, 2025
Beautiful and Fun - Our Santino snorkel adventure was so much fun and absolutely breathtaking. Captain Roy and Jayden treated us like royalty and brought us to some of the most beautiful places I've ever seen (and that was just above the surface!). We saw so much amazing sea life and were even lucky enough to see a bunch of turtles! An 11/10 way to spend a day!
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Sarah_s
Aug 19, 2025
Book NOW! The snorkeling was fantastic!!!!! Teenagers will love this :) - Fantastic excursion! My teenagers absolutely LOVED snorkeling above the sunken helicopter and submarine. The staff and captain were SUPER attentive and we had an absolute blast!
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Bob
Jul 16, 2025
Great experience! - Yesterday we went on a wonderful excursion with the Santino. Great service on board. Very experienced captain and excellent assistant who took great care of us. Nothing was missing, the food was great and the snorkelling spots were sensational! An amazing day that we wouldn't have wanted to miss! Regards Bob & Joed.
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