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Adrenaline & Extreme Tours • Boat Tours • Fishing Charters & Tours • Dolphin & Whale Watching • Nature & Wildlife Tours
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8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Aquatic Adventures has been serving the Panama City Beaches for decades and has exceptional experience in making your vacation memorable. The Panama City Beaches are known worldwide for the beautiful crystal blue waters and sparkling white sandy beaches. Aquatic Adventures in Panama City Beach is located on the west coast of the State of Florida on the Gulf of Mexico. We have watersports for every level of thrill seeker, including banana boats pulled by jetskis. The banana boats are wonderful for hot days on the beach and a fun ride for the family. The jetski captain can give you a smooth ride if you want to just cruise around or they can speed things up for a more wild ride. It is up to you! Dolphin tours will delight your inner explorer as you come face to face with the ocean’s friendliest dolphins. A guide will teach you to swim with the dolphins and you can even go shelling if you are wanting to get some awesome shells. Parasailing is the next level of thrills, in which the Captains and Crew will make sure that your adventure is safe and exciting. Sail away in one of Aquatic Adventures sailboats off of Panama City Beaches that are available for rental or cruise around the water in a pontoon boat. Both are available for rent or for charter with one of our experienced captains. Wave runners are also available to rent and at reasonable prices. Aquatic Adventures offers a variety of aquatic services and rentals in the Panama City Beach, Florida areas. From the skilled fisherman to the beginner, Aquatic Adventures has the best 18 foot fishing boats available for charter or for rent. Captains are knowledgeable and experienced in boat safety. The Gulf of Mexico and the Florida coast has some of the best fishing waters in the world. The Aquatic Adventures captain’s goal of the fishing charters is to make sure that you return with a “Big Fish” story of your own from the Gulf of Mexico!
Panama City Beach, Florida
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2022
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Rae B
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Jul 2022 • Family
Jet ski dolphin tour with Elijah was a blast! Did the earliest time, so it wasn’t too hot and there wasn’t too much boat traffic. This was our (late teen and 20s; each drove own) 2nd time on a jet ski, and we soon felt super comfortable zooming around given the pretty calm water in the lagoon and brief instructions. Saw dolphins twice almost immediately, but it should be noted your phone will be likely safely tucked in a waterproof compartment of your jet ski, so getting to it in time to snap a photo may not happen. Nevertheless, had so much fun touring the lagoon and hearing about local wildlife. We also did pull ashore at Shell Island and were offered the chance to walk around and swim there. :) Elijah kindly customized things based on my group’s interest, so we probably spent ~70% jet skiing (follow the leader, freestyle, learning tricks…) and the other 30% stopping to chat or explore. Highly recommend and looking forward to a repeat during our next PCB visit!
Side note: Thunderstorms caused us to reschedule by a day, so I’d suggest planning this, like any weather-dependent activity, early in your visit. FunPCB contacted us to let us know the original time was looking unsafe and easily helped us to reschedule. As you can see by other reviews, you need to assume it’s ON unless specifically told otherwise! Also, there’s a convenient automatic texting system that sends reminders regarding your time, Florida boating mini-course, and bringing your drivers license if you plan to drive a jet ski. Lastly, bring securely fitting sunglasses if you’re worried about surf getting in your eyes.
Side note: Thunderstorms caused us to reschedule by a day, so I’d suggest planning this, like any weather-dependent activity, early in your visit. FunPCB contacted us to let us know the original time was looking unsafe and easily helped us to reschedule. As you can see by other reviews, you need to assume it’s ON unless specifically told otherwise! Also, there’s a convenient automatic texting system that sends reminders regarding your time, Florida boating mini-course, and bringing your drivers license if you plan to drive a jet ski. Lastly, bring securely fitting sunglasses if you’re worried about surf getting in your eyes.
Written July 21, 2022
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Thank you so much for your kind review we appreciate it so much. We are also so glad you had a wonderful time with Elijah. We hope you will come back and visit us again.
Written July 24, 2022
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Shelby E
1 contribution
Aug 2022 • Family
The Dolphin Boat Tour with Captain Robert was the best experience of our trip, he was an amazing captain and made sure we got to see many dolphins even when my mom forgot to press record he was set on getting her the full experience. it was starting to rain as we were gonna get on and he told us to go have some lunch enjoy our time and come back when the rain dies down and recommend us a place to eat. He was such a gentleman and we had a fun ride on the boat as well!! definitely worth it!
Written September 2, 2022
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We are so glad that you had a great time on your tour. We pride ourselves on our wonderful employees and we hope you will come back and visit us again.
Written September 26, 2022
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Tracy R
Panama City Beach, FL1 contribution
Jul 2021 • Family
We picked FunPCB jet ski tours because it included a guide for the entire tour. We had a mixture of skill levels in our group but we had two tour guides, Tyler and Chase. They were great and I liked that they divided themselves between the skill leveled riders, and they maintained communications between each other. We didn’t see dolphins because of the weather prior to riding but we enjoyed our trip to shell island. We enjoyed the entire experience even though the weather turned again while we were riding. Tyler and Chase made sure we got back safely. We have been on other jet skis with other companies before. Loved having the two experiences guides that stayed with us the whole trip.
Written July 21, 2021
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Tracy,
Thank you for your review! We are glad you enjoyed your experience with Tyler and Chase. We look forward to seeing you again!
Written July 21, 2021
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Amy H-CO
1 contribution
Jun 2021
This was a first visit to pcb for my family and I. My daughter wanted to try parasailing so we booked a double for her and I. We were sold the "upgraded" package to include photos and were told we could not take any pictures. We were also told that we would be texted a link which never came.
I called and it has now been a month since we were there. Now I am told that there was never a photographer on the boat we went on AND we paid for the package that included the photos. Completely unorganized, no one knows anything. The 2 people running the boat were yelling at the people to get on and off in such a quick fashion that you had no time to even ask questions.
We will NOT be using this company to book excursions on our tip again, we got ripped off
I called and it has now been a month since we were there. Now I am told that there was never a photographer on the boat we went on AND we paid for the package that included the photos. Completely unorganized, no one knows anything. The 2 people running the boat were yelling at the people to get on and off in such a quick fashion that you had no time to even ask questions.
We will NOT be using this company to book excursions on our tip again, we got ripped off
Written July 15, 2021
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Amy,
Thank you for your feedback. We are truly sorry you feel this was a rip off. Please call Smiles Beach Photography regarding your photos at 850-249-3349. I would like more information about your parasail experience as well. Please call me at your convenience at 850-249-7245x7. Again we are truly sorry you feel this was a rip off. We hope you had an enjoyable vacation.
Written July 16, 2021
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mdterry
Brentwood, TN6 contributions
Oct 2021 • Family
We have owned a unit at Emerald Beach Resort for 14 years. This trip we decided to allow our kids (14/11/ & 8) to ride the banana boat. We could not have been more disappointed. I was told earlier in the week the ride was two miles and would last about ten mins. Because I was given a time I decided to set a timer while I waited for my husband and kids to ride. We paid $172 for a 5 min 30 second ride. I was shocked they had returned so quickly! I think the company should provide a much better experience with the amount of money they are charging. We learned a hard lesson and will not be recommending to any of our guests in the future.
Written October 16, 2021
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Terry,
Thank you for your feedback. We are truly sorry you feel the banana boat was not worth it. It is a 2 mile ride which is $40 per person plus tax. A two mile ride takes about 5-7 minutes to complete. The smoother the water, the faster the shuttle captain can pull. Our skis are equipped with GPS to ensure that all banana boaters are given a two mile ride. We hope you had an enjoyable vacation!
Written October 17, 2021
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Mouchet L
Marietta, GA11 contributions
Jun 2022 • Family
Our family booked the dolphin tour on the pontoon boat. We had an amazing time and saw lots of dolphins. Bruce was our captain and he was so awesome! He took us out to see dolphins and then took us to shell island. He is a very skilled captain so we felt safe the whole time and he gave us so much history about Panama City Beach and the different landmarks. We would definitely book again and ask for Bruce!
Written June 15, 2022
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Thank you for your kind review. We are so glad you had a wonderful time on your tour with Capt Bruce and learned all about the history of our beautiful city. We hope you come back and visit us again.
Written June 22, 2022
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Stefanie W
9 contributions
Jun 2021 • Family
We spent a week at Ocean villa condo. Our room included beach chair rental outside the condo which happened to be ran by funpcb. The first day we were assigned chairs in the back row right next to their hut where the employees sit and sell other activities . They stated “just come see us tomorrow and we’ll get you moved up to the front row.” While laying in the chairs with my 3 young boys we heard plenty of foul language from the employees. They were so rude! The next morning my husband went down there first thing to be moved and she stated again “come back down later and we’ll get you taken care of, and I work for tips.” My husband of course is not going to tip these rude ladies. When we came back down later that morning, they said there were no front row chairs available even though most of them sat empty all day. We said we wanted to be moved away from the Tiki hut because of all the foul language so they did move us to a different back row seat further away from them. They also said that they usually reserved the front row seating for cash paying customers, not ones where it’s included in their condo rental. My husband tried several times during the week to be moved up only to be met with there are no chairs available when clearly most of the week at least 15 chairs remained empty in the front row. We did call their manager on the third or fourth day who also stated she would speak with the girls and look at their seating chart and try to get us moved up. Again we were not moved up. Long story short, I would recommend getting a condo that does not include the chair rental. You would be more likely to have a front row seat if you pay cash when you got here.
Written June 4, 2021
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Stef_Ann201,
Thank you for your feedback. We are truly sorry you felt the beach attendants were rude. We strive to create a family friendly atmosphere and foul language from our crew is not in line with our values. The foul language from the beach attendants was addressed that day, and they know that they are not to speak that way. Even though 15 of the sets looked empty they actually were reserved. Again we are truly sorry for the foul language. We hope you had an enjoyable vacation.
Written June 4, 2021
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Anistyn
1 contribution
Jul 2021 • Family
We stayed at Tropics Winds and our condo included a two beach chair and umbrella rental. I checked in on the first day and was assigned a number on a certain set of chairs; however, the next day someone was sitting in the chairs. They said they had been assigned the same ones. We asked the two boys in the hut and they said they had double booked and offered to kick the people out for us but we chose to just move to another set of chairs. Throughout the week, there were several different families sitting in our beach chairs which was frustrating considering we were paying for them and the boys couldn’t seem to get the reservations straight. Additionally, there were a few times when the boys weren’t in the hut or just not paying attention and the umbrellas would be falling over or coming out of the holders. It’s not a big deal that I had to keep fixing it but it’s a bit annoying considering the boys were just sitting there watching and getting paid to be a beach attendant. That aside, the two boys…whose names I can’t remember or I would shout them out…were very friendly and constantly reminded us to tell them if we had any problems or concerns or needed help with anything. Also, really wanted to commend the two boys for working 8-5 physically intensive shifts in the sun for the entire week I stayed in my condo. Overall, I was happy…I just wished they would not get the reservations mixed up.
Written July 3, 2021
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Anistynw,
Thank you for your review! We are truly sorry there were people in your chairs. Our attendants only know if the people in your chairs aren't with your group if you tell them they are not with you. They will gladly remove people who are not with your group from your chairs. We pride ourselves on our friendly and hard working beach attendants. We look forward to seeing you again!
Written July 4, 2021
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Debbie W
1 contribution
Aug 2022
This experience was amazing! Paisley was very helpful on the phone and answered all of my questions in advance. Captain Bruce was friendly and very professional. I was very nervous when we started and the boat was hitting the water sometimes hard, in my opinion which I was very anxious because I’m a new swimmer. Captain Bruce was sensitive to this and slowed down until I felt comfortable. It was very accommodating and made everyone feel at ease. We had the best time! We saw dolphins, sea turtles, went swimming at Shell Island and he pointed out other interesting facts along the tour. This was one of the best experiences of our vacation and was well worth every penny!
Written August 8, 2022
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We are so glad to hear you had a wonderful time with Captain Bruce. We pride ourselves on our wonderful employees. We hope to see you all again.
Written August 26, 2022
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Angie R
5 contributions
Jun 2022 • Family
Paid 350 dollars for 2 lounge chairs, umbrella, and an extra fold out chair for 6 days. First day was fine. Every day there after had to hunt him down to get the extra chair. Next day someone else was laying in our chair. Asked to be moved and again for extra chair. Next day went to the chairs and again no extra chairs. Today he put out only specific chairs rented. When I asked him around 9am he said he had us at 5. Noon comes and there are people again sitting in our chairs. Absolutely the worst beach service I have ever had. When the attendant is around he never checks on people or even ensures the right people, who paid good money, are even taken care of. Didn't even use them today nor plan to tomorrow and management email said they "talked to him and you sat in the chairs everyday." Guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree as I already stated we DID NOT use them today and opted to use the stuff in condo.
Written June 2, 2022
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Did you have someone operating the Pontoon for you or do you operate the boat yourself?
Is there plenty to do to keep the kids busy if we opted for a full day?
Will they allow Tubing?
Sorry, traveling from DE and trying to find fun things for the kids. Thanks in advance.
You drive the pontoon yourself.We think there is plenty to do if you go for a full day. If your family loves nature the full day is for you. We do not allow tubing. If you have any other questions please call us directly at 850-235-8051x2!
Vondy C
Hamilton, OH43 contributions
My son who is 18 has a valid drivers license, however, he left it at home. We had someone at home take a picture of it for us. Will he be able to drive one of the wave runners using the picture? Thank you.
hcasteel83
2 contributions
I think they may allow it. They are good with working with the consumers. He will have to take the safety class (about 20 min). Call ahead to make sure that way you know what to expect.
Do I need a guide I'm a 40 year old man
Jessica D
Chandler, AZ2 contributions
Yes, unless you are very familiar with the area.
Bonnie842
Omaha, NE4 contributions
Going to Panama Beach in October and wanting to rent a pantoon for the day how far in advance do I book and also can we rent fishing poles and stuff from you as well?
Bonnie842
Omaha, NE4 contributions
Thanks Heather this will be our fist time down there any advice of fun things to do and good places to eat? We are going for my sisters 40th and my 50th have been looking for stuff to do but if you have been there maybe you might have some good advice. We will have a car so can pretty much go where ever we want.
I am trying to plan a family vacation for a family of 10. We are looking for places to stay in Panama City Beach Florida that is close to places we can eat, pairasail and other fun things.
Ryan C
1 contribution
I had a family of 6 and we stayed at the origin hotel. It was a clean, friendly and great place to stay. It was very convenient to the things your looking for. I'll be staying there again the next time we book a trip. Good luck and hope you have a blast!
Samantha M
Toccoa, GA
Is this restaurant kid friendly or more upscale? We have three children and am trying to find a restaurant in PCB that serves fresh Maine lobster and this one is all I can find but it looks upscale.