Charter Operator
FamilySharkfishing & DolphinDiscoveries Boat Tours

Member since August 2020 Hilton Head Island, United States
Background
Family Shark Fishing & Nature Tours by Dolphin Discoveries has been in business for 20-plus years providing family fun with many water-related activities. Our captains not only love to fish but also love just being out on the water in general. They have put smiles on many faces over the years whether it be fishing, Shark tooth hunting, on a dolphin boat tour, beach combing tour, sunset tour, or our Tuesday night summer fireworks tours! We promise to do our very best to show you a great time and we know that your great time often comes as smiles light up on the kids' faces!! We hope to see you soon! Come join the fun as again we've been doing this for 20 years!
Techniques
Our fishing program is really meant as a beginnner and family type excursion. We target easy to catch species like sharks and stingrays because we know we can consistently provide a fun experience for families visiting Hilton Head that want to get their kids out to enjoy a few hours on the water and the smiles, laughs and excitement of reeling in a fun species such as sharks and hard fighters like the rays. It's totally meant as a relaxing excursion to put smiles on the kids faces and enjoy the time on the water. If the kids are younger (I have a 5 year old) we will sit in areas where the smaller 1 and 2 foot sharks tend to hangout. If the kids are teenagers like my nephews we go to spots where we are likely to catch some 3 and 4 footers. It's all catch and release, nothing is harmed and the sharks continue to live and we as parents have lots of fun pictures to keep these memories alive! Thanks, Dave

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Hilton Head Island, United States
Background
Family Shark Fishing & Nature Tours by Dolphin Discoveries has been in business for 20-plus years providing family fun with many water-related activities. Our captains not only love to fish but also love just being out on the water in general. They have put smiles on many faces over the years whether it be fishing, Shark tooth hunting, on a dolphin boat tour, beach combing tour, sunset tour, or our Tuesday night summer fireworks tours! We promise to do our very best to show you a great time and we know that your great time often comes as smiles light up on the kids' faces!! We hope to see you soon! Come join the fun as again we've been doing this for 20 years!
Techniques
Our fishing program is really meant as a beginnner and family type excursion. We target easy to catch species like sharks and stingrays because we know we can consistently provide a fun experience for families visiting Hilton Head that want to get their kids out to enjoy a few hours on the water and the smiles, laughs and excitement of reeling in a fun species such as sharks and hard fighters like the rays. It's totally meant as a relaxing excursion to put smiles on the kids faces and enjoy the time on the water. If the kids are younger (I have a 5 year old) we will sit in areas where the smaller 1 and 2 foot sharks tend to hangout. If the kids are teenagers like my nephews we go to spots where we are likely to catch some 3 and 4 footers. It's all catch and release, nothing is harmed and the sharks continue to live and we as parents have lots of fun pictures to keep these memories alive! Thanks, Dave
Our Team
Heath B.
Captain
Robert B.
Captain
Larry B.
Captain

My Charter Listings

Excellent
4.9 / 5
(362 reviews)
Hilton Head Island
 Last booking: 4 days ago
Trips from US $475
Excellent
4.9 / 5
(43 reviews)
Hilton Head Island
Trips from US $475
Excellent
4.8 / 5
(39 reviews)
Hilton Head Island
Trips from US $475

Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 444 reviews
Boat
Excellent
4.8 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Photos & videos by reviewers (663)
Captain Shep was amazing and very skilled!!
Captain Shep was amazing and very skilled!!
Captain Shep was amazing and very skilled!!
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Good experience
96%
Friendly captain
100%
Recommend this charter
96%
Appropriate for children
99%
Satisfied with the boat
99%
Caught fish
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Sylvia A.
Excellent
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Big Fish, Big Smiles, and Big Nick!

VERIFIED   Family Shark Fishing | 3 Hour - 3:00 PM on July 26, 2026
Captain Paul was incredibly knowledgeable, personable, and made the entire trip fun from start to finish. We caught multiple...
Sylvia A. recommends Family Shark Fishing & Dolphin Tours 3
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T.J. L.
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Great experience!

VERIFIED   NEW  Family Shark Fishing | 3 Hour on August 18, 2026
captain Shep was awesome to have. We all really enjoyed how friendly he is and appreciated having his as our captain on a day...
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Jeccica G.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Amazing experience

VERIFIED   Dolphins, Sharks & Shells! | 4 Hour - 11:00 AM on July 4, 2026
Let me start my saying Captain Heath was very cummunicative when it came to booking and reserving our trip. We did the sharks,...
Jeccica G. recommends Family Shark Fishing & Dolphin Discoveries 1
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Eric A.
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5.0 / 5
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Captian was Awesome!!

VERIFIED   NEW  Family Shark Fishing | 3 Hour on August 5, 2026
Our family had an amazing experienve. We all got to catch something and saw a sea turtle and dolphins. The Captain was great...
Eric A. recommends Family Shark Fishing & Dolphin Tours 3
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Gregory S.
Excellent
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Return Customers Multiple Trips

VERIFIED   NEW  3 Hour Shark Trip on July 31, 2026
My young sons and I have enjoyed multiple shark fishing trips in the Calibogue and near shore Atlantic with the Dolphin Discoveries...
Gregory S. recommends Family Shark Fishing & Dolphin Discoveries 2
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