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Dolphin Cruise: Scenic Waterway Adventure
4.0
24 Ratings
Orange Beach
Embark on a thrilling Dolphin Cruise in Orange Beach, Alabama. Enjoy music, snacks, and guaranteed dolphin sightings. Perfect for couples or group adventures.
Embark on a thrilling Dolphin Cruise in Orange Beach, Alabama. Enjoy music, snacks, and guaranteed dolphin sightings. Perfect for couples or group adventures.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Orange Beach - Once aboard, enjoy a guided tour of the local waterways while relaxing to beach music as we search for bottlenose dolphins.
For your convenience, a snack bar is available on the boat, offering sandwiches, soft drinks, candy, chips, ice cream, beer, wine, and mixed drinks. Guests are welcome to bring their own coolers for…
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Orange Beach - Once aboard, enjoy a guided tour of the local waterways while relaxing to beach music as we search for bottlenose dolphins.
For your convenience, a snack bar is available on the boat, offering sandwiches, soft drinks, candy, chips, ice cream, beer, wine, and mixed drinks. Guests are welcome to bring their own coolers for nonalcoholic beverages. For an unforgettable experience, we guarantee dolphin sightings on every cruise.
Although swimming with the dolphins is not possible, we get as close as we can to provide an unforgettable encounter with these magnificent creatures. Whether planning a trip with a loved one or organizing a dinner party for a large group, we can accommodate everyone!
What's Included
- Life vest for children 8 and under
- Certified Guide/Driver
- Life vest for children 8 and under
- Certified Guide/Driver
What's Not Included
- GRATUITY
- GRATUITY
Additional Information
Once on board, guests will enjoy a guided tour of the area’s waterways, accompanied by beach music as we search for bottlenose dolphins. For added convenience, there is a snack bar on the boat offering sandwiches, soft drinks, candy, chips, ice cream, beer, wine, and mixed drinks. Guests are welcome to bring their own coolers for non-alcoholic…
Once on board, guests will enjoy a guided tour of the area’s waterways, accompanied by beach music as we search for bottlenose dolphins. For added convenience, there is a snack bar on the boat offering sandwiches, soft drinks, candy, chips, ice cream, beer, wine, and mixed drinks. Guests are welcome to bring their own coolers for non-alcoholic beverages. We guarantee a truly remarkable experience, ensuring dolphin sightings on every cruise.
While swimming with the dolphins isn’t possible, we get as close as we can to provide an unforgettable encounter with these magnificent creatures. Whether planning a trip with a loved one or organizing a dinner party for a large group, we can accommodate everyone!
Location
27212 Marina Rd
Marina Road
We are at Happy Harbor Marina. Please park and walk towards the water and we are in the small brown/grey building next to the blue building.
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
4.0
(24 Ratings)
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620triciat
Oct 14, 2025
Dolphins galore… - We took the dolphin/sunset tour and it was amazing. We had a nice ride out through the bay and after about 45 mins we had multiple dolphins join the ride. The dolphins surged along with the boat for at least 25-30 minutes! They were swimming along on both sides of the boat, jumping and playing and enjoying themselves. It was the most wonderful thing to see and catch on video. The captain of the boat stayed out in the bay longer and even turned the boat around so everyone could enjoy the amazing sight. It was the best boat tour ever!
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Rebeccapo8659cr
Oct 12, 2025
Wonderful sunset cruise - My husband and I opted for this cruise and it was a wonderful way to spend some time for our 30th anniversary, we were able to see lots of dolphins playing and interacting with the different dolphin boats in the bay and the captain and crew were great with restaurant recommendations and local info on the homes and landmarks we passed by. Fun music played and great for adults and families. I would definitely take this again.
My only advice is to be sure you leave for the docks early. We were traveling from our hotel in Foley and the 40 minute drive ended up taking just over an hour. We almost missed our cruise because of traffic and an expressway that is everything but an “express” way to get to your destination.
That said, we made it and it was a wonderful experience, The sunset on the water is truly breathtaking.
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Weekendsrock
Oct 11, 2025
Fun afternoon cruise - Was a great time- saw dolphins early and often. Played awesome music. Captain and crew were all great- provided some history, some restaurant recommendations.
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Davedc2912vj
Oct 9, 2025
Wonderful Cruise! - Had a wonderful time with our granddaughter on this cruise! Definitely worth the price. Would do it again and recommend to family and friends!
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Jamye
Sep 15, 2025
Great sunset cruise - Excellent cruise and the crew kept us updated on any changes to the trip. We saw maybe 10 dolphins. The temperature and weather was Excellent on the sunset cruise. Drinks and snacks available. Captain gave us referrals for dinner.
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Carey
Aug 1, 2025
Amazing time! Lots of dolphins and friendly staff. - We took the sunset dolphin cruise. Morning of the tour, I saw a QR Code flying off the back of a plane. Booked the tour for myself, my two teens and my parents (in their 70s). Mom has balance issues and Jesse (the deckhand) was great with helping her. He made sure she got down the few steps safely. Metro (the captain) was super friendly and got us just a few feet from a pod of dolphins. We saw at least 4 pods, and the best part was when Metro had the dolphins “surf” in our wake. We all had a wonderful time, and we’d definitely recommend it to anyone looking for something to do in Gulf Shores/Orange Beach!
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Resort55951558093
Jul 22, 2025
Highly recommend!!!! - Very pretty views, nice staff. It takes about 30-40 min to get to the area with the dolphins but it’s 100% worth it!! We saw so many it was amazing! And then watching the sunset on the way back was a peaceful and enjoyable ride.
There is an air conditioned area on the boat if you get too hot and snacks and cocktails for purchase.
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Sd1721
Sep 8, 2025
Very poor customer service!! - Rented a condo thru beachball properties in Orange Beach, AL. TV and Toaster oven were broke when we got there. Notified Beachball the first day and it took them 4 days to come and look at the problem and then it wasn't until the next day before it was fixed. I found out their maintenance was told of the problem for 4 days even though they told me someone would be there in 24 hrs. or less.
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Lisag309
Aug 4, 2025
Terrible experience - This was our 10th sunset dolphin cruise with Top Tier on the Southern Rose. We kept coming back because the cruises were so relaxing and fun. This cruise was very disappointing. First off, children were supposed to have on life jacket if on the outside—per the captain before our boarding the boat. Several did not. Kids were running up and down the metal staircase in full view of the captain. The boat was very overcrowded which has not been the case before.
The captain got out of the no-wake area and quickly found a shrimp boat with 3 dolphins following behind it. He followed the shrimp boat in a circle for an hour and a half. All of the other cruises we have taken took us all over the intercoastal waterway looking in different areas for dolphins. This was not fun at all. I sent an email the night of the cruise expressing my disappointment and received no response. I guess if you have no competition, you could care less about whether or not your customers are satisfied. It was definitely our last cruise with them.
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991carment
Jul 17, 2025
Do not reccomend - Air conditioned 2nd floor observation deck very hot. Did not see dolphins. Did not see a sunset (was advertised as sunset dolphin cruise). Sound system very poor could not hear captain pointing out points of interest. Sat for 45 minutes just outside of jetties not under power I guess to save gas and induce seasickness. Did not play beach music. Would not reccomend ever.
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