South Padre Jet Ski Tour: Historical Waterways Exploration

Embark on a thrilling jet ski tour of South Padre Island’s historical waterways. Explore canals, spot dolphins, and witness a rocket launch at the Space X Star Ship facility.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • South Padre Island - Highlights will include the beautiful Queen Isabela Causway, driving the jet skis through the canals of Port Isabel. Pass by the large shrimping vessels. Friendly dolphins usually visit us when we reach the Brownsville shipping channel! View sights at Space X and after we will allow some free time!
What's Included
  • Operate your own jet ski.
  • Follow an experienced tour guide.
  • Life jackets provided for safety.
Additional Information

Our journey begins by traversing 2 miles along the iconic Queen Isabel Causeway, reaching the quaint Port Isabel canals aptly nicknamed ‘Miniature Venice’. As your expert guide illuminates the backdrop, your excursion carries on underneath bridges and curls around the inlets. We then navigate past vast ships deployed for fishing and shrimp harvest,…

Location
204 Palm St
Palm Street
Check in location next to Lobo Del Mar Cafe. Look for sign SPI EXCURSIONS.....please proceed to the activities desk.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Marivelo313
Jul 7, 2024
So much fun!!! - We had an amazing time on our het ski tour. Our guide was extremely informative and showed us a wonderful time. He gave us the opportunity to have fun on the jet skis and gave my daughter an experience that she'll never forget!!
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Mohawkssd
May 10, 2024
Gotta do this !! - This is an awesome experience !! We went all over and actually had dolphin swimming right next to us !! We would highly recommend this - very informative and fun !!!
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Vacation_0902
Jul 11, 2023
best value for money -great experience!! - devon was our guide, fantastic experience! my husband , teen and i and one other couple-really like a private tour. Devon was super knowledgeable about the area, gave me reassurance when i was terrified driving alone at the beginning! super helpful with easy instructions and supportive as quite wavy out. I would 100% do this tour again, i feel best price and longest.
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Melissaeu9083dv
Jul 9, 2023
jet ski historical tour - Small group, Devon was a great guide, super informative, helped me get over being anxious about driving the jet ski alone! Beautiful sights, really just like a private tour! would highly recommend!! honestly can’t say enough. went with my husband and daughter , only one other super friendly couple on the tour. went for the 9 am tour. Owners were friendly and Welcoming when we arrived early. Best Jet Ski experience-don’t bother going anywhere else!!
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Robertfi7276of
Jun 18, 2023
Wicked cool & fast jet ski tour!! DO IT!!! - My son (18) and I rode tandem on this jet ski tour. Previous to this we both had minimal experience with jet skis on fresh water lakes. We really lucked out and got a one-on-one tour with our guide Brent, who was amazing. He was super nice, helpful and patient while we got our jet ski legs under us in the beginning. He showed us some great sites and enjoyed some good conversation along the way. We left the marina and just instantly put the hammer down cruising south across the bay, under the causeway, past the Isla Blanca point (stopped to view our first pod of dolphins), and then East toward the South Padre jetties. We looped back across Brazos Santiago Pass (where we saw more dolphins behind the giant dredging boat) & then through the Brownsville ship channel, around Clark Island and just into South Bay Pass for a look at SpaceX (kept us outside their exclusion zone). Cool view. Continued down the channel, turning around Bird island (full of a gazillion birds), NNW alongside Long Island and into old Port Isabel, where Brent pointed out a few homes and businesses of interest, and the old swing bridge (still in operation). We crossed under SH100 near Bridge St, then popped out at North Shore Dr continuing East around the corner to view the Port Isabel lighthouse. We were doing great on time so we again blasted full-throttle across the bay to some shallows to the NW of the marina where the water was crystal clear and maybe 4ft deep. With our extra time we had a little playtime with the jet ski then cruised back into port. Fantastic 1.5 hour excursion. Great mix of speed, sights of interest, commentary, and fun. Would HIGHLY recommend this tour and would honestly do it again. Being one-on-one we had a lot of freedom to go all out. I would consider one of their other great excursions for anyone that is not too adventurous or for anyone with young kids as it can be bumpy and quite fast. But if you’re comfortable on a wicked fast jet ski in open choppy water, then this IS the tour for you. 10/10! +Brent is the man! Great tour.
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C2560zydm
Oct 15, 2022
Best experience in SPI! - This 90 minute historical tour was the highlight of our visit to SPI. Trevor, our knowledgeable and easygoing tour guide rolled out the red carpet and treated us like royalty. The jet skis are easy to operate but he still made sure we were comfortable with the operating features before we started our journey. My amazing bride obviously wanted to pilot her own machine and she did great and loved every moment of the experience. The trip included fascinating places of interest like Space X, historical bridges and known dolphin feeding grounds. YES, we saw dolphins up close and tons of pelicans too. Can’t say enough. The check in process was very low stress as the sweet hostess gathered our information and said just wait in the restaurant and will come out and get you when your tour is about to start. Yes the same family owns the restaurant and the activities business and they are down to earth and easy to work with. Later that evening we Came back for dinner and enjoyed the best coconut shrimp ever including live music and an amazing bagpipes performance that apparently happens every day! What’s not to like?
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Gary_s
Jul 23, 2022
Super fun - Fun time. Cool guide. Extra time at end to just jet ski around Saw a dolphin and space x. Well worth it
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Gary
Jul 22, 2022
Super fun - Super fun. Tour guide super nice kid. Easy going let us have extra fun on the jet skis. Saw a dolphin. Saw space x. Had fun wave running in the bay. Ignore the review where the “karen” gripes about bridge and no dolphins. Total fun. Rent your own. Don’t share jet ski
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Andrew_d
May 11, 2023
Josiah is the man - Josiah was freindly and the high light of the whole experience. He is freindly and very informative about fishing and the area.
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Duane_m
Feb 26, 2024
Drenched and cold 😞 - Advertised as a slow speed historical tour definitely not slow speed and very little history! Would not recommend!
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up to 4 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).