Dolphin Watching - Florida West Coast

[mumsthebigkid]

Hi all,

As part of our forthcoming road trip, I am looking to incorporate a bit of dolphin watching whilst travelling down the west coast.

We will be collecting our car from the Disney car center, heading out to Clearwater for a spot of lunch, then heading down the west coast, finishing up at our hotel in Fort Meyers later that evening.

Could anyone suggest a good location and company to contact for Dolphin watching? Have been looking at Clearwater, but we are totally open to other locations on route down.

Thanks in advance.

[xcited]

Little toot at clearwater was fun. The dolphins chase the boat.
Or our favourite was coastline excursions from anna-maria area. Not guaranteed dolphin sightings but we saw plenty, and seemed more natural sightings than little toot. Also saw a couple of manatees, highly recommended. Both are easy to find on Google.

[Milpston]

We did Little Toots in October. We really enjoyed it and good value or money.

[philinmerthyr]

Seascreamer is also a great boat trip for dolphin watching

[Lulu Belle]

Another thumbs up for Little Toot - we had dolphins playing in the wake of the boat and we also saw and mother and baby. The playing dolphins were so close to the boat, it was fantastic!

[aajp]

Another for Little Toots. Great fun

[Hank]

I think your best chance of seeing Dolphins is with a boat trip from Clearwater, those trips are pretty successful. They are other boat trips further down the coast probably even Fort Myers, but they cannot give you a 100% guarantee.

It is great to see Dolphins in the wild but it is more luck than judgement. I tend to have more chance an hour or so before sunset.

Hank

[mumsthebigkid]

Thanks for the suggestions so far.

I have contacted seascreamer as their website is showing zero availability during the summer? Just waiting to hear back if this is actually correct?

Also had a look at little toot which looks great also, but we may struggle on timings.

[Ninnybobs]

We have been watching dolphins today from the beach at Fort Myers. Bowditch Point which is just down from Fort Myers pier had a great display of dolphins, they came to within 10 yards of where we were standing 😎😎😎