Hold on tight on a 15-minute banana boat ride in St. Pete Beach
Take the controls for a beachside ride on St. Pete Beach
Cruise to Sand Dollar Island for shelling and a sunset ride back
Glide along St. Pete Beach’s coastal waters at your own pace
Shell, snorkel, and look for dolphins on a Sand Dollar Island cruise
Rent a GoBoat for 3 hours and cruise St. Pete’s waterfront landmarks
Captain an electric GoBoat around downtown St. Pete and Tampa Bay
Captain an electric GoBoat around downtown St. Petersburg
Set your own pace with a private floating island gathering on the bay
Customize a private cruise for celebrations and coastal views
Bring your own drinks for a captain-led tiki bar cruise
Design your own private tiki cruise for any occasion
Bring your own drinks and music for a private tiki boat cruise
Customize a 37-foot Axopar day charter for up to 13 in St. Petersburg
Cruise Tampa Bay on a floating classroom with a fisheries trawl
Explore Tampa Bay wildlife and skyline views on a sunset eco-cruise
Search Tampa Bay sandbars with marine scientists and snorkel in the shallows
Classic schooner sailing with open-deck Gulf views
Watch the Gulf sunset aboard a traditional schooner
Sail Boca Ciega Bay on a private schooner with drinks and a restroom aboard
Private evening sailing with sunset views on Boca Ciega Bay and the Gulf of Mexico
Set your own pace on a relaxed paddle to sandbars and mangroves
A relaxed paddle along sandbars and mangrove sections
Take an easy-paced paddle to the sandbar near John's Pass
Clarity is geology, not luck: quartz sand, seagrass filtration, and how close the Gulf Stream runs. Thirteen beaches, and the trade-off each one asks of you.
Florida issues no boating license at all. What the marina checks is a safety education card, and whether you need one comes down to one date: January 1, 1988.