The Dolphin Explorer

Nov 2025 The staff is extremely knowledgeable and helpful. We saw 31 dolphins and learned a great deal about them. This was our second time going and we will definitely be returning with other family members and friends. It is too good not to share!

Nov.2025 Bob and Eddy made this trip an amazing experience. Thank you so much! At the beginning we were handed out a catalog with all the dophins already given names. We saw 16 of them on our trip! The jumped around, played and came really close to the boat. We had just a great time.

Nov.2025 My toddler had the best time searching for the dolphins. James and Jennifer so very educated on every single dolphin and all the birds and other wildlife. It was perfect for all ages. My parents had a great time looking for dolphins and watching them surface. We saw 18 dolphins while on the tour and 8 were calves. So amazing to see the mother and babies together and learn how they interact. Well worth the experience!

Nov. 2025 This was an amazing experience for us and our grand children alike. The staff of Captain Eddie and the biologist James were incredibly knowledgeable and shared a lot of great information that was truly an interactive experience. It is so important for the public to participate in this experience as The Dolphin Explorer is publicly funded by persons attending these trips. Every trip allows the staff to collect valuable data about these amazing animals. Highly recommend this adventure!

Nov.2025 This was a fabulous experience for our family which included my 4 and 6 year old grandsons. It exceeded expectations and was one of the best tours of any kind that we've been on. Jennifer (is phenomenal) and Captain James do a great job providing a fun and educational experience and we all learned a lot about dolphins (we saw 13 of them). We also enjoyed 40 minutes of shelling on a beach that had more beautiful shells than you can imagine. By participating in this you are actually supporting a 20 year old research program.

Nov.2025 Bob, James, and the whole Dolphin Explorer team went above and beyond providing an engaging, educational, and fun experience for our whole family, including our two year old daughter! Definitely a highlight of our first trip to Marco Island!

Oct. 2025 Had a wonderful tour yesterday on the Dolphin Eco Tour. There were four generations of us together for a family visit and we all had a wonderful time seeing 12 dolphins, which included several babies and mamas. Even the rain was fun. Great hosts

Aug 2025 What a fantastic trip....we had a wide range of ages on our boat from babies to the elderly. It could not have been smoother! They're with you every step of the way from assisting you onto the boat, explaining the boat features and safety equipment. Then onto the dolphins by a trained biologist studying dolphins for his thesis. There isn't anything you could ask him about dolphins that he didn't know! It was SO educational, AND we saw 22 different dolphin on this trip. Mothers, dads, youngsters, and grandparent dolphins....it was all explained. We had a bit of time to go shelling and they entertain the children with a little activity booklet the kids loved. When completed, they sign off on it and each child gets a patch-not a sticker, a patch to commemorate all they've learned about dolphins.