Dolphin and Manatee Kayak and SUP Adventure Tour of Cocoa Beach
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Cocoa Beach, USA
- 2 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Explore the waters of Cocoa Beach with a guide to show you some of the best spots for observing local wildlife on this kayaking tour. Paddle your way through the Banana River Manatee Refuge and the Thousand Islands Conservation Area with your guide, and stop off at one of the islands with your group to listen to stories about local history.
- Learn about the area’s flora and fauna from your guide
- Children are welcome
- A relaxed, leisurely tour
- Look out for dolphins, storks, manatees, and more local wildlife
What's Included
- The finest paddle boards in the World
- One or two person kayaks
- Paddle board paddles and kayak paddles
- lifejackets
- Gratuity
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- 4800 Tom Warriner Blvd, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931, USA
Do not go into the Cocoa Beach Aquatic Center, you will park in the parking lot to the left of the pool and you will see your tourguide set up at the waters edge right next to the parking lot.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Itinerary
1
Banana River Manatee Refuge
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Thousand Islands (Pass By)
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
Our guide, Jack was wonderful. He was very knowledgeable and personable. He answered all questions and seemed genuinely interested in getting to know us.
Reviews
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It was so much fun!! Got to see some manatees and some birds at the bird sanctuary! Jack was a great guide and very knowledgeable about Florida history which was amazing! 10/10 would recommend!
Response from Host, Jun 2026
Thank you for the wonderful review! We're so glad you had such a fun time on the water with Jack. Seeing manatees and visiting the bird sanctuary always makes for a memorable adventure, and we're thrilled you enjoyed learning about Florida's history and wildlife along the way. We'll be sure to share your kind words with Jack. Thank you for your recommendation, and we hope to see you back for another adventure soon!
Great experience. Jack was very knowledgeable and we saw manatees and dolphins! Felt very safe the whole time.
Response from Host, Jun 2026
Thank you so much for the wonderful review! We’re thrilled you had such a great experience out on the water with Jack. Seeing manatees and dolphins always makes for an unforgettable adventure, and we’re especially glad you felt safe and comfortable throughout the tour. Thanks again for joining us!
We were in early May for our trip. The birds were great: brown pelicans, great and snowy egret, osprey great blue heron, tricolor heron and roseate spoonbills nesting and flying. The rookery was raucously spectacular. We were close to 528, I was surprised that they would nest that close to the highway. Seeing so many spoonbills so close was pretty special. The osprey were hovering and diving for their chick’s dinners. Must have been close to a dozen. We chose to kayak so only one of our group actually saw one of the manatees, while rest of us saw their wakes as a group of moms and calves swam past us. Standing on a paddle board would have helped that. I didn’t realize that there’s a subspecies of bottle-nosed dolphin in the estuary. Jack told us that they’re smaller and much darker than the full time marine species along the coast. The one we saw was almost black with a noticeably smaller dorsal fin.
Jack was obviously passionate and well informed about the local ecology, wildlife and wild local history: great guide for our trip! Highly recommended!
Response from Host, May 2026
Thank you so much for the amazing and thoughtful review! That area is filled with tons of great wildlife and it sounds like you were able to encounter quite a bit!
Spring is an incredible time to explore the estuary, and we’re so glad you experienced so much amazing wildlife during your tour. Jack is extremely passionate about the local ecology and history, and we’re thrilled that helped make your experience even more memorable.
You also made a great point about paddle boards offering an elevated vantage point for spotting wildlife beneath the surface.
Thank you again for the recommendation and for joining us out on the water. We hope to see you again on tour!
They don't have a sign at the meeting spot in the middle of a land bridge. Jack could have more customer patience for a lost traveler.
Response from Host, Apr 2026
Thank you for your feedback. We take all guest experiences seriously, and we’d like to clarify a few important points regarding your review.
Our team made multiple good-faith efforts to assist you in reaching the designated meeting location, including providing clear, standard directions and a precise pin point that we have successfully used for thousands of tours over several years. Due to local regulations and the nature of the location, permanent signage is not permitted, which is why we rely on detailed directions and GPS coordinates that have consistently guided thousands of guests successfully. This is a widely accepted practice across tour operators, and our communication—both via email and through direct support from our staff—has consistently enabled guests to arrive without issue.
During your interactions with our team, however, there were repeated instances of hostile language and we made several attempts to assist, but the calls were ended by you before we could fully resolve the issue, which made it significantly more difficult for us to provide effective assistance in real time. While we acknowledge and appreciate your later apology in your email, but it’s important to note that respectful communication is essential for us to deliver the level of service we strive for.
Despite these challenges, our staff remained professional and continued to offer support in an effort to help you join your tour. We stand by the accuracy of the information provided and the conduct of our team.
We remain committed to delivering positive, well-organized experiences and believe this situation does not reflect the standard of service we provide to our guests every day.
Our guide, Jack was wonderful. He was very knowledgeable and personable. He answered all questions and seemed genuinely interested in getting to know us.
Response from Host, Apr 2026
We are very appreciative of this feedback about your tour! Our goal is to give every one of our guests an informative and fun experience seeing some of Florida's natural beauty while paddling the waterways and learning some great history of the area! Thanks so much for booking with us and we hope to see you again in the future on one of our Three Brothers Adventure Tours!
After driving an hour on our last day in Florida, my kids and I arrived to be told there were no kayaks left, and we would have had to use paddleboards on a windy day in choppy water. There were seven other adults there, and they wanted a mom and two kids flopping around on paddleboards in the ocean.
Christian was our guide. This was such a fun adventure. He did a great job! It was a hot day but being in the water was worth it!
Response from Host, Jun 2025
Thank you so much for the feedback and awesome review! We greatly appreciate all of our guests and our goal is to always show you a safe and enjoyable time. We are thrilled to hear you enjoyed the tour and were able to learn alot from our tour guide! We hope to see you out again on tour and thank you for supporting family owned and operated businesses!
Route guide have us a lot of info on the natural habitat and wildlife. Jack was great with the kids.
Response from Host, May 2025
Thank you so much for the feedback! We are so glad to hear you enjoyed our Dolphin and Manatee Adventure Tour. We always appreciate hearing from our guests as it helps us improve our tours for the future! We hope that you will be able to join us again on another one of our adventure tours! Thank you for supporting family owned and operated businesses!
Jack was a great guide! We saw dolphins, manatees, lots of birds, and some unique plants. Jack was full of information and history!
Response from Host, Apr 2025
Thank you so much for the feedback! We are so glad to hear you enjoyed our Dolphin and Manatee Adventure Tour. We always appreciate hearing from our guests as it helps us improve our tours for the future! We hope that you will be able to join us again on another one of our adventure tours! Thank you for supporting family owned and operated businesses!
My son and I booked this experience, SUPER exited about kayaking with the manatees and dolphins, we scheduled our whole trip around it. The day before they call me and tell me they are going elsewhere for the trip and if I’d like I could drive and hour and a half to get the tour there. Seriously? What kind of planning and customer service is that. I said I can’t do that so we had to cancel the trip. My son and I were so upset, it was the one experience that we booked this vacation and they ruined it. Because last minute they decided to “go elsewhere”. Coming back to Florida and will never book through them again. Unreliable and untrustworthy. Try explaining that to your son who was counting down the days.
Response from Host, May 2025
Hello Leah,
We are sorry to hear that you were unhappy however, it is our job to keep everyone safe first and foremost. We canceled your reservation the day before due to high winds and bad weather. Because the weather is always changing in Florida, it is common practice for all tour companies to wait until the day before to decide on the weather. As a courtesy we offered to take you out at one of our other locations or issue you a full refund. You decided to take the full refund and it was issued immediately. We take our jobs very seriously and we are offended to every hear someone say we are unreliable or not trustworthy. We would not be in business for over 16 years and rated the top ten% of experiences in the WORLD by Trip Advisor in 2024 if we were unreliable in anyway. We are sorry that you and your son were not able to go on our tour however, if the conditions are unsafe we will never take guests out no matter how bad they want to go. Also, we have tried to contact you multiple times with no response in regards to this review.
It was a great experience! Our guide Roman was patient and knowledgeable. We didn’t see any manatees as we hoped likely due to the the colder weather but plenty of birds, and some dolphins!
We had a great day kayaking. Everything was ready upon our arrival. Riley did a great job ensuring all in our party knew what to do and where we were going. We saw many dolphins right away. It took a bit of effort but Riley was able to find us manatees as well. Overall a great time and will definitely do this again during our next visit.
Dolphin, manatee, hermit crabs, spoonbill , pelicans, osprey! It was a great afternoon. Our tour guide, Riley was very knowledgeable and provided a great leisurely experience
Riley was awesome!
We hand so much fun and he shared a lot of great information. We went on the 10:30 tour and it was so great. He also brought us to the rope swing, which I took full advantage of!
We saw both dolphins and manatees!
Manatees, dolphins, sting rays, puffer fish, a black tip shark, jumping fish and beautiful birds on the conservation Island. Unforgettable!
Riley was very knowledgeable about the animal species around and the required habitat for the manatees due to the colder temperatures. We did get to see a few manatees as well as some dolphins not even 5 foot from our kayaks. The girls liked the rope swing break but did love seeing the manatees and dolphins.
Response from Host, Mar 2024
It sounds like your tour was full of lots of fun and excitement! We are so happy to hear that Riley was able to teach you so much about the local wildlife! We hope to see you again sometime
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