Dolphin Tours on Anna Maria Island, FL
Anna Maria Island dolphin tours — pods feeding at Bean Point, the Passage Key sandbar, and the flats behind the island. Private two-hour trips from $350.
What Makes Anna Maria Island Different.
The waters off Anna Maria Island are a dolphin crossroads: resident Sarasota Bay pods to the south, Tampa Bay animals working the Skyway edge to the north, and Passage Key Inlet funneling bait between them on every tide. Our dolphin tours from Anna Maria sit right in the middle of it.
On a two-hour private tour we run Bean Point, the Passage Key sandbar shallows, and the grass flats behind the island, where dolphins herd mullet in water clear enough to watch the whole play.
Sightings are the rule, not the exception. Calm mornings give the best water and the most active feeding.
Passage Key is the engine — the passes and inlets reference covers how it moves bait, and the tides guide tells you when the feed fires. From $350 for a private boat — no crowded party-boat deck, the kids get the bow seat, and we stop when the show is worth watching. Ask about pairing it with a light inshore run for seatrout.
The Trip & The Water.
Private Sarasota dolphin tours from $350 for 2 hours. Sarasota Bay holds ~170 resident bottlenose dolphins studied since 1970 — where you'll see them and when.
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The AreaAnna Maria Island fishing guide — three historic piers, Bean Point snook, May–July beach tarpon, and the rebuilt Kingfish Boat Ramp. 2026 local details.
Local fishing guide →
Signature Species in Anna Maria Island.
Book This Trip.
Send an inquiry pre-filled for the dolphin tours trip out of Anna Maria Island and we'll match you with the right captain for your group — or call and talk it through first.