#4 – Florida Keys Marine Eco Adventure

The opportunity to swim with and/or see many nurse sharks up close from the boat!! It's an amazing experience!
Head out on a boat and snorkel at two different coral reef locations in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Encounter a rich variety of marine life. Snorkel alongside your expert guide, or venture on your own. We will make sure that your gear is working great and you feel comfortable in the water. Use our marine life i.d. guides, and converse with your guide about fish identification and behavior, leading you to new discoveries.
Chance to see sea turtles, dolphins, many species of rays, eels, docile nurse sharks, black tip reef sharks, barracudas, and a wide array of tropical fish species.
Sit back and take in the beautiful turquoise ocean views on the boat trip out and back.
Enjoy a wonderful local dockside lunch with many choices (including gluten free, vegetarian and vegan options).
Kayak or paddle board over the ecologically important sea grass flats with your experienced guide. We can provide tips on finding your kayaking or paddle boarding groove.
With your guide, look for manatees feeding on the sea grass.
Paddle into an old growth mangrove ecosystem, and see double breasted cormorants, all kinds of herons, egrets, and more.

Miami:

We can pick you up right at your hotel virtually anywhere on Miami Beach, including South Beach.
We can also pick up right at your hotel in Sunny Isles, Bal Harbour, Surfside, and practically any other Miami-Dade County beach neighborhood.
We can pick you up virtually anywhere in downtown Miami, including Brickell, and almost all hotels near the south corridor of the Miami Airport.
There are some other possible areas we can also pick you up from in Miami-Dade County - please ask us for details.
For shared tours, we unfortunately cannot pick up in Coral Gables or Coconut Grove. However, we can provide you with either a convenient nearby meet-up location (to Uber to) or with the meet-up location for the start the tour.

Hollywood and Ft. Lauderdale:
We can pick up right at your hotel virtually anywhere on Hollywood or Ft. Lauderdale Beach (south of the Sunrise Blvd.). We can pick you up in some other downtown areas as well. Please ask for more details.

Meet-Up Location:

90791 Old Highway #1. Tavernier, FL. 33070.
The typical meet-up time is 7:45 a.m.

Advantages for meeting at the start of the tour:

Get the Meet-Up Discount: $20 per person.
Convenience: At the end of the tour, you won't have to wait for other drop-offs. You can head straight back or in any direction you are going and get there sooner.
You can do this tour as a transition: Continue your vacation in the Florida Keys right after the tour. Or this is a great tour for those already staying in the Keys.

How to get the meet-up discount?
You can get the meet-up discount by simply letting us know that you will be meeting us (in your reservation you make online through our site or by giving us a call). If we take your reservation over the phone, we will put it in manually right away. If you book through our site, we will refund you for it ($20 pp) on your credit card. Meet up discount is only valid on direct bookings.

INCLUDED: WE PROVIDE

All equipment and gear
All safety gear
An experienced naturalist or marine biologist guide
Towels for guest use
Dry bags for guest use
Round-trip transportation
Wild Lime Water bottles to keep as our gift
Wonderful dockside lunch with many choices
Small group, personalized experience
Reef safe sunscreen and fish i.d. guides for guest use
Water, sparkling water, soft drinks, and snacks on-hand throughout the day.

NOT INCLUDED:

Gratuities for Wild Lime guide and Boat Captain.

We monitor a few different marine forecasts and atmospheric weather forecasts in the days leading up to the tour. If we feel the conditions are not conducive to a pleasurable and safe experience, we will notify our guests before the tour that it needs to be cancelled. We will try to provide alternate days the tour will go out when the weather is better. But if that is not possible, either for us or the guest, we will refund you in full right away. If part of a trip needs to be cancelled after starting the tour due to the marine forecast, or for any other reason, we will try to find an alternate activity or boating excursion to replace that part that was cancelled. If we choose an alternate activity, there will be no full or partial refund for the tour. This type of "while on the tour" cancellation or alteration rarely happens though.