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Tamarindo Kayaking Tour with Snorkeling at Captain Island: Explore Marine Life!
4.4
27 Ratings
Tamarindo
Experience the thrill of kayaking to Captain Island in Tamarindo Bay, followed by an exciting snorkeling adventure. No experience needed, just come and explore the underwater world!
Experience the thrill of kayaking to Captain Island in Tamarindo Bay, followed by an exciting snorkeling adventure. No experience needed, just come and explore the underwater world!
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Tamarindo Beach - You don’t need a boat to go snorkeling, just take a kayak on over to Isla Capitan! If you don’t have experience, he will give you a short 20 minute lesson on how to use your kayak, and then you’ll set off directly from the beach for a 30-40 minute paddle over to Captain Island. You will snorkel around for a while, with great…
- Tamarindo Beach - You don’t need a boat to go snorkeling, just take a kayak on over to Isla Capitan! If you don’t have experience, he will give you a short 20 minute lesson on how to use your kayak, and then you’ll set off directly from the beach for a 30-40 minute paddle over to Captain Island. You will snorkel around for a while, with great opportunities to see a variety of fish, stingrays, octupus, and coral. After 45 minutes of snorkeling and viewing the bay from the island, you will paddle back and enjoy a snack. You may ride in single or double kayaks, please let us know your preference after booking.
Departure time depends on the tide.
What to Bring: Bathing Suit, Sunscreen, towel
Includes: water, snacks, bilingual guide, snorkeling equipment and instruction
Duration: 2.5 hours
What's Included
- Bottled water
- Local taxes
- Pick up and drop off in Tamarindo/Langosta area
- Bottled water
- Local taxes
- Pick up and drop off in Tamarindo/Langosta area
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Transportation from Pinilla, P.Grande, Conchal/Brasilito, Flamingo, Potrero
- Gratuities
- Transportation from Pinilla, P.Grande, Conchal/Brasilito, Flamingo, Potrero
Additional Information
Glide gracefully through crystal-clear waters as you kayak over to Captain’s Island. Here you will get to explore the ocean’s beauty with a refreshing snorkel adventure, immersing yourself in the vibrant marine life just beneath the waves. You will have a chance to see octopus, exotic fish, eels, and more!
- A chance to see Exotic Sea Life
- Great way to…
Glide gracefully through crystal-clear waters as you kayak over to Captain’s Island. Here you will get to explore the ocean’s beauty with a refreshing snorkel adventure, immersing yourself in the vibrant marine life just beneath the waves. You will have a chance to see octopus, exotic fish, eels, and more!
- A chance to see Exotic Sea Life
- Great way to see the Tamarindo coastline
- Local Bilingual Guide
- Fun & Healthy exercise with beautiful views
- Pick up and Drop off in Tamarindo/Langosta
- Please let us know where in Tamarindo/Langosta you would like to be picked up.
- Tour time depends on the tides and will be sent you upon booking
Location
Native's Way Costa Rica - Tours and Transfers
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.4
(27 Ratings)
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Leann_s
Dec 27, 2024
Great little adventure - This was really fun! Our guide was very knowledgeable and fun. Island is very tiny but cool things to explore
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Darrenq
May 18, 2024
Fun kayaking and decent snorkeling. - Great Tour. Highly recommend guide Dayves. Easy to find right off of the beach on the main street in Tamarindo. Thank you!
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H4s79cvdpv
May 8, 2024
Amazing activity! Team work! - It was an amazing experience, we learned, we enjoyed, we loved it! Our guide guy was super kind! Explain so many things! Even teach us how to use the kayak, and was super patient and we had so much fun
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Derek_d
Mar 14, 2024
Worth it! - Our guide was amazing! We learned a ton about the island and he pulled a puffer fish & spider starfishes for us to look at. Wasn’t the best snorkeling in the world but was definitely still worth it!!
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Carol_h
Mar 14, 2024
A lot to see at Captain’s Island - Natives way kayaking and snorkeling with Dīvis: What a pleasant way to spend a morning and get a mild workout, too! Met at the beach to launch the 2-person sit-upon kayaks into the surf. Then a 20 minute paddle to tiny Captain’s Island in the bay. Landing on the rocky shore was tricky because it was slippery. Watch out! Snorkeling in the warm water of the cove was great. An abundance of fish, along with some starfish and one lovely Zebra Moray eel awaited us. Our guide, Dīvis, was delightful. The expedition lasted 2 1/2 hours.
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Jill_g
Mar 31, 2024
Good but you need water shoes - We had a beautiful day kayaking and snorkeling. One disappointing thing that made things more difficult for both the kids and adults —you NEED water shoes (like Keenes) and we were not told that! The island is extremely rocky and painful without shoes on. Water shoes should be required in my opinion!! Also, the tour lasted 45 minutes longer than what it was advertised to be, and since it was so very hot that day, it was just too long in the sun.
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Roger_m
Oct 28, 2024
Over hyped - Kayaking was ok but the "snorkeling" was highly over sold. We basically spent $100 each to paddle to an island and look for sea shells
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Sean_h
Jan 4, 2025
The waves were 2-3 feet... - The waves were 2-3 feet and it was an adventure paddling over the break to get off the beach.
We got to the tiny island and realized we wouldn't be able to see anything snorkeling because the waves were kicking up too much sand. The waves were breaking pretty hard over the reef by the island so we waited around for a while to see if the waves would die down. They didn't, and getting back was an adventure and felt a little dangerous. We did capsize once getting back because of the waves, but it was near land and not a big deal.
If we had known we wouldn't be able to snorkel I would have found something different to do with the 2.5 hours. I did this with my 11 year old son and it was definitely an adventure for us and a decent bit of exercise for me, but not at all what we were expecting. My son was super bored on the island, except for looking at the hermit crabs.
I was worried about the waves when we took off, but I figured the island might be more sheltered and we could see some stuff, which turned out not to be the case. I wish the tour company had been more upfront that the waves meant it was unlikely we would be able to really snorkel, if they had we would have found something else to do, maybe just play on the beach in the waves.
If our experience is any indication, if the waves are 2-3 feet or more, this is a wavy and vigorous kayak journey without snorkeling.
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Sacha_k
Apr 8, 2024
Easy kayaking but snorkeling was dull. - Nice guide and good kayaks, but not much to see around the island. Maybe bad luck that day? I don't think so given the amount of grass at the bottom of the water there.
Anyway our masks were foggy all the time. So kayaking was OK but snorkeling wasn't.
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Kellieg580
Nov 13, 2024
No visibility snorkeling - The kayaking was fun but the snorkeling was not. Not sure if it was because of the weather but you couldn’t even see a foot in front of you. If you decide to go I would definitely recommend water shoes not that they really helpful on the very slippery rocks, when getting out on the island. But if you're a little squeamish about slimy feeling rocks it helps. Our guide slipped and fell hard, hopefully he was really ok ( as he said) and two people cut their hands on the rocks. It takes quite a while to get each person one at a time into the water ( we had 6 in our group). So by the time everyone was in we were more than ready to get out because you couldn’t see anything. The pineapple at the end was delicious and we did have some laughs!
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