St. Andrews Bay Charters & Tours - Panama City Beach, Florida

M W.

Want to go on the best sunset cruise ever?!?! Then this is it!! We had the best time!!! Captain Paul is the best!!! This was the best part of our vacation!! Seriously look no further if you want the best private sunset cruise where you can also see dolphins! 🐬 We highly recommend! I promise you won’t regret it !! ☀️🐬🌴🌊

Jennifer E.

Captain Paul is was absolutely fantastic! He worked so hard to accommodate our family and help his existing clients with rescheduling around bad weather. Our kids LOVED our tour and it was hands down the best part of our trip. He engaged the kids and also let us explore on our own, the perfect balance. He totally delivered on dolphin encounters! We will book this trip every time we come back!

LAUREN J.

This was one of the most wonderful times I’ve ever had on a boat and I’ve got decades of them to compare against. If you’re looking for a peaceful personalized experience for your family, this is it!! Captain Paul truly gave me and my family an experience of a lifetime. From the start, he asked what we hoped to get out of our tour. This has never happened to me before. Despite the resulting limited reply I gave him, he proceeded to make my ask happen and exceeded all our expectations. He did an excellent job navigating the waters and showing us and teaching us about all the wildlife and beauty in the area. We saw more dolphins than I could count and closer than I’ve ever been, deer, a bald eagle and various other awesome birds. He also had an incredibly keen eye for positioning the boat to take amazing pictures with the dolphins and other things around with the sunset and lighting at the time. He could work on the side for or with someone in the area doing this. Seriously. I’m so grateful for his time and thoughtfulness, attentiveness to my kids (some captains can’t stand kids!) and the experience he gave all of us. Thank you Clay and Paul!!

Tiffany R.

My children (ages 10-19) and I took the sunset cruise with Captain Paul. This was by far one of the best experiences we’ve ever had while in PCB. Paul was so knowledgeable about the area and the wildlife! He ensured my kids always felt safe, and that we had the best time out on the water; he made sure we had amazing views of the sunset, had some time to take in the beauty of Shell Island, and that we enjoyed plenty of time with the dolphins in the area. We will definitely be taking another trip with him in the future, and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a memorable experience!

Katie

I don't know that I can even articulate in this review how amazing this boat tour was with Cpt. Paul! He truly was amazing and this tour was the highlight of our vacation! I cannot recommend enough the custom charter, it is beyond its worth in money! I know no dolphin charter/tour can guarantee you will see dolphins but Cpt. Paul was incredibly knowledgeable about dolphins and their habits and we were able to see so many! And even got the chance to swim while they were swimming around us! We also got to see a manatee and a sea turtle as well as experience Shell Island and find some neat shells! Cpt. Paul deserves all the 5 start ratings he has! When we come back for vacation here we will definitely be booking another tour with him!!

scott &. S. S.

UPDATED December 2022: our girls requested to drive back here for the sunset cruise this year after an amazing experience last year and boy we definitely didn’t think our experience could of topped last year’s but we were so wrong! Captain Paul was amazing and guided us out to see an amazing sunset but while waiting for that, we were entertained by so many pods of dolphins! It was amazing being able to see them jumping in the waves and putting on an amazing show! Then we stopped along an island that had deer right at the beach and we ended up being able to go up and feed them right out of our hands! Our 21 year old daughter’s are already talking about wanting to make sure we come back again next year since this has to be the top highlight of our winter trip! We also can’t say enough about Captain Paul!

December 2021: This was the highlight of our families trip and what a way to end 2021! We couldn’t believe all of the dolphins that we saw. Captain Rick was great letting us just chill out there while the dolphins were coming right up to the boat and answering any questions we had!! Also was nice that he took us over to Shell Island to explore while waiting for the sunset. We would definitely do this again.

Alexandra H.

Captain Paul took us on a wonderful adventure! Lots of dolphins, a manatee, starfish, sea urchin and more marine life. We had a great time, and our toddlers did too! We will be back next year!

Samantha B.

We had Capt. Paul on Saturday for our private charter and we could not have asked for a better Captain. Capt. Paul sent a text the morning of our charter to confirm we are still good for that day and time and he made sure we knew where to meet at, his communication was a awesome. Capt. Paul and his daughter Lelia made our trip amazing, super friendly and knowledgeable.

Our first stop was to snorkel, what an amazing thing to do and see, Capt. Paul even jumped in and found us a baby Puffer fish and Sea Urchin to see up close. Then we took off and saw an old boat wreck, two Loggerhead Turtles and countless Dolphins including two sets of mamas with their babies. Lelia and I were able to get in a couple of times and swim near the dolphins as they swam by. Our kids said that the charter was amazing and something they would remember the rest of their lives.

If you are looking for a reputable charter company this is for sure it! There are so many to choose from but I read the reviews and went with my gut and was not disappointed at all.

We cannot wait to come back again and go back out with Captain Paul.