Tours/Destin/3-hour Crab Island Boat Tour in Destin
Viator · group up to 49 pax

3-hour Crab Island Boat Tour in Destin

4.7(25)Destin1 hour
VIATOR4.6(17)TRIPADVISOR5.0(8)

Description

Join us for a Crab Island Adventure, where our captain and crew bring the energy for a relaxed, fun-filled day on the water! You’ll go on a 5 minute boat ride to one of the area’s most popular destinations where you can kick back and enjoy a three-hour trip! Just sit back and relax with no hassle of renting your own boat! Crab Island’s name might be a bit misleading. It is not an actual island, it’s nothing more than a raised sandbar where hundreds of boats gather during the warmer months to enjoy the shallow emerald green waters. You will find mobile food boats and floating restaurants – providing everything from ice cream, BBQ, to coconuts! Traveling together? Book together! To guarantee everyone is on the same boat, please make one reservation for your entire group.

Tour Options

Crab Island Adventure Ticket
  • Duration: 3 hours

Highlights

Check in one hour before departure.
You can bring your own beverages. No glass containers please.
Your captain will have free cold bottled water for you to enjoy on th boat.
Feel free to bring your own lunch or snacks in a small cooler.

What's included

Included
Check in one hour before departure.
You can bring your own beverages. No glass containers please.
Your captain will have free cold bottled water for you to enjoy on th boat.
Feel free to bring your own lunch or snacks in a small cooler.

Traveller Ratings

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Important Information

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Traveling together? Book together! To guarantee everyone is on the same boat, please make one reservation for your entire group.

Reviews(25)

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stacycL1290EY
July 15, 2026
Crab Island a MUST DO!

Great time! Guides were awesome and very helpful! Definitely recommend!

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J0yce63
July 15, 2026
Great Experience

Took the 10am excursion with Capt. Joey and First Mate Sydney. We got rained out and Capt. Joey was very diligent in watching the weather, etc to endure our safety! We were able to get on the 2pm excursion with the same crew and it did not disappoint! However, would highly recommend a morning excursion when the water is crystal clear vs. the afternoon and the sand is all stirred from the tide. Crab island is a must see! Excursion provided bottled water and some floaties and lily pads. You can bring your own cooler and snacks. All staff were so helpful and friendly. We highly recommend. Note: it’s not really an island but a sandbar. And is usually pretty crowded (but not super) at any time of day.

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Crystal_H
July 14, 2026
Inexpensive excursion

Great experience. Good customer with booking, signing in, waiting to depart, on excursion. Overall great excursion.

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662davidar
July 14, 2026
Great Experience! Everyone was friendly and hospitable.

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay! The views from our suite were absolutely spectacular, and the accommodations exceeded our expectations. Pelican resort is in a great location. The suite was clean, spacious, comfortable, and well-appointed, making it the perfect place to relax. We would definitely book this suite again and highly recommend it to others. One suggestion that could make the guest experience even better would be to offer beach towels like most resorts. Along with inexpensive beach chairs/umbrella and collapsible wagons. With a replacement fee if lost or destroyed. This would be a wonderful convenience for travelers, eliminating the need to purchase these items for a short stay and then leave them behind at the end of their vacation. It would be a practical, eco-friendly amenity that many guests would truly appreciate.

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Freny_L
July 12, 2026
Its definitely worth it....

Its definitely worth it. The waters were shallow, lily pads were super fun. The crew members were great.

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Madison_S
July 11, 2026
Captain was very...

Captain was very personable and knowledgeable about the area. Crab Island was practically brown on the day we visited :( But the crew and experience still great!

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Georgiarosey
July 8, 2026
Book this shuttle for your Crab Island Trip!

I've been on a few crab island shuttles before and this was the best so far. Friendly crew, tubes, and several floating pads to relax on. You can bring your own beverages and snacks. If you want something from a food vendor they can call them over to the boat so you do not have to go to them. Great shuttle for the price!

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Lindsey_G
July 6, 2026
Great time! You are on a...

Great time! You are on a boat with others until you dock at crab island and return. Water is available. Limited floats etc. However ultimately really good time.

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Kristen_B
July 5, 2026
Great experience:))

We had a group of four friends, ages 30-40 and had a great time. The captains played music and our requests the whole trip and made everyone feel like friends. Our group brought a blow up beer pong inflatable and had blast. Would highly recommend instead of spending $900 a day to rent a boat. We cancelled our boat booking to take this trip and so glad we did. Much more affordable and don’t have to worry about drinking and driving. :))

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Iris_R
July 5, 2026
Great time at crab island.

The boat that took us to crab island was very spacious. We traveled as a family with our 3 year old. We took our own inflatables and just inflated them once we were there. I recommend doing this as they have only a few inflatables to share with everyone on the boat. We also snacks to munch on but you can get just about anything out there . There was chick fil a , Pizza Hut, burgers , snow cone and just about anything you can think of . We all had a really good time and would book again with Destin snorkel . (Flamingo inflatable is tour guides )

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