Southern Wave Sailing Charters

Southern Wave Sailing Charters

Southern Wave Sailing Charters
4.5
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
About
The Southern Wave is the Original Sunset Dinner Cruise Catamaran, family owned and operated since 2006. The sunsets on South Padre island are among the most beautiful in the world. The catamaran is perfect for a 3 hour snorkel trip with lunch (in Summer months), an afternoon of dolphin watching, or a Sunset Dinner Cruise relaxing along the bay front with great Island, water and Sunset views. The chef grills on-board: all you can eat beef and chicken fajita dinner with the trimmings, picnic buffet style, grilled fish, grilled shrimp as appetizer, fresh cut fruit and all you can drink bottle water/sodas. The musician will keep you entertained with great acoustic guitar music. Fireworks in Summer months. Also, available for private charters: weddings, receptions, company outings, birthdays etc!
South Padre Island, Texas
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4.5
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gusngirls
Louisburg, KS55 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2021 • Couples
My husband booked us a sunset dinner cruise. It was very fun and relaxing. Capt. Tino was very friendly and informative. He even served a “bonus beverage” while we waited for Daniel our musician. Our chef cooked a delicious meal of grilled shrimp appetizer, beef and chicken fajitas and grilled white fish, fruit cup and chocolate for dessert. Soft drinks/water included. Jordan our hostess and deck hand did a marvelous job making us comfortable with drinks, food and even blankets. Daniel’s music and song selection was a nice addition to our slow relaxing cruise along the bay shoreline. It was fun to have people from the crowd encouraged to sing with him. Even though it was too cloudy to see the sunset...we highly recommend booking a cruise while visiting South Padre Island.
Written March 15, 2021
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VickiL936
Houston, TX89 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2021
I chose to celebrate my 60th birthday by taking a sunset cruise with Southern Wave Sailing Charters. The entire crew treated me like a VIP! The guitarist sang a special song for me so of course I danced. Any time one of the amazing food courses was ready, my fellow passengers called on me to serve myself first. All the food was fantastic, especially the grilled shrimp and the grilled fish with fresh peppers! I brought some cupcakes to share with everyone and the server kindly went around the boat and passed them out. We had beautiful weather, a stunningly gorgeous sunset, and friendly smiles and conversation all around. This was the absolute highlight of our entire trip and I highly recommend the Southern Wave sunset catamaran cruise!
Written August 25, 2021
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Queen Victoria
Branson, MO16 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2023 • Friends
We had a great time and would highly recommend this adventure at SPI! The staff is very professional and makes everyone feel very safe. The Chef on board is excellent with first cooking large fresh shrimp on his flat top grill right on the sail boat. Next comes beef and chicken fajitas served in an timely manner along with fresh fish grilled on the flattop also including a cup of fruit and chocolate candy for desert. Very relaxing while sailing on the Gulf waters with a very scenic view of South Padre Island. I would again highly recommend this dinner cruise.
Written March 6, 2023
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DawnD285
Galveston Island, TX75 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2022
The ride was nice and relaxing, had comfortable seats and pillows. They had a girl that played the guitar with a mixture of music genre's and she had a nice voice. The crew was very attentive and there was more than enough food, and water and cold soda. The only problem I had was I wish they went out further, we were restricted to just the channel due to size of boat and sails. We were supposed to leave at 3:30 but we did not leave until 3:47 due to other people not showing up on time, and you would think that we would have had those extra minutes on the water but no, we even got back before 5:30. So I am only giving this 3 start.
Written October 10, 2022
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traveltime5759
18 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2020 • Couples
The dinner cruises were booked all week so they added a lunch cruise with the same cuisine as the dinner cruise.
This was not our first cruise with them and once again the food was fantastic and plentiful. Some people say there isn't enough food of the cruise is full, but that simply is not the case. They cruise was full and there was more than enough to go around. The chef grills right on the back of the boat starting with shrimp, then beef and chicken fajitas, then grilled fish. Fresh fruit is served for dessert. Diya and water are provided, but you can carry on your beer and alcohol.
It wasn't fantastic weather today, with a chilly mist, but they proved blankets and umbrellas for anyone that wanted one.
Most people fail to mention that there is usually live music , generally someone playing guitar and singing.
Written March 3, 2020
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Brandy Venus
Cypress, TX25 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2022 • Couples
Booked the sunset dinner cruise as a celebration of our 25th wedding anniversary. It was very romantic as we lucked out with prime seats at the back of the boat next to the grill all by ourselves! The food was excellent as was the staff. Being able to bring my own wine and beer in a cooler was fabulous as were the fireworks display at the end of the night! This would have gotten a 5 star rating if the tempo of the music (which was live and sung beautifully I might add) wasn’t quite so slow. They took already mellow music and sang it even slower. That’s my one very small and totally personal preference complaint. Don’t let it stop you from getting on this tour though….just know it’s very mellow❤️
Written August 3, 2022
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Dana M
Conroe, TX9 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2020 • Couples
My husband and I really enjoyed South Padre Island but we have to say this Sunset Dinner Cruise was the highlight of our trip. Hat’s off to the Chef. The shrimp were perfectly seasoned and juicy! Chicken and Beef fajitas and the grilled fish were all wonderful too! The young lady that was waiting on everyone was so attentive and quick to get everyone’s needs taken care of. The Captain gave us a smooth cruise around the bay. Daniel the musician brought the romance to this cruise with his guitar and beautiful singing both in English and Spanish. We will definitely recommend this cruise to our friends and family.
Written November 9, 2020
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wb5ulk
Texas Gulf Coast, TX63 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2021
We were a group of 7 adults and one 15 month old on the Dinner sail. Our experience was absolutely wonderful. The boat was full but not crowded, food and drink were plentiful and TASTY (fabulous grilled shrimp!), and the fireworks at the end were spectacular.

Since the rest of the family have all gone home now, the two of us will likely go back during the early Fall to enjoy this trip all over again!

Gary Skaggs
Laguna Vista, Texas
Written August 11, 2021
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Barb R
crown point43 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2023
Getting out on the water to catch a sunset is always a fun activity. The boat is very relaxed... nice live music with a guitar player and the food was surprisingly good. The ride itself? meh... just along the coast, no actual sailing out into the bay. With that said, it was still an enjoyable dinner on the water.
Written February 27, 2023
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tjpenegor
Escanaba, MI45 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2022 • Couples
Good food, relaxing sail with live music, unbeatable scenery. The sail included dinner and soft drinks. If you want adult beverages, they had those for an additional cost if bring your own. Two hour long trip on the bay, sunset dinner cruise.
Written January 19, 2022
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