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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
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Heath B.
Captain
Robert B.
Captain
Larry B.
Captain
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Excellent
4.9 / 5
(255 reviews)
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Hilton Head Island
 4 bookings in the past week.
Trips from US $448
Excellent
5.0 / 5
(12 reviews)
Angler's choice
Hilton Head Island
 4 bookings in the past week.
Trips from US $448
Excellent
4.7 / 5
(19 reviews)
Angler's choice
Hilton Head Island
 Last booking: 6 days ago
Trips from US $448

Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 286 reviews
Boat
Excellent
4.8 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
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Dream shark trip for our kids!
Dream shark trip for our kids!
Dream shark trip for our kids!
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Good experience
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Friendly captain
100%
Recommend this charter
98%
Appropriate for children
100%
Satisfied with the boat
99%
Caught fish
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Michael B.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great for the kids

VERIFIED   4 Hour Trip โ€“ Shark & Dolphin (4PM) on June 26, 2024
I wanted to make sure my 2 daughters got to see an environment we donโ€™t normally explore. Captain Heath didnโ€™t let us down....
Michael B. recommends Family Shark Fishing & Dolphin Tours 3
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Brandon J.
Excellent
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Captain Pat

VERIFIED   3 Hour Trip โ€“ Shark (11:30AM) on April 25, 2025
Captain Pat was great with the whole family! We were so excited to catch 3 sharks during our trip. We look forward to going...
Brandon J. recommends Family Shark Fishing & Dolphin Discoveries 1
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Jim M.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Shark and matana ray

VERIFIED   3 Hour Trip โ€“Shark (8AM) on April 22, 2025
Took my 12 year old and his friend. One caught a 3.5ft bonnet shark and the other a 40lb manata ray. Great experience for both!!!
Jim M. recommends Family Shark Fishing & Dolphin Discoveries 1
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Josh K.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Repeat Customer and will be back

VERIFIED   3 Hour Trip โ€“ Shark (4:30) on July 24, 2024
This is my 3rd year booking with this group.ย  Heath and his team do a tremendous job.ย  Very easy to book with and they communicate...
Josh K. recommends Family Shark Fishing & Dolphin Discoveries 1
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Brad D.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Fishing with Heath

VERIFIED   3 Hour Trip โ€“ Shark (8AM) on July 18, 2024
This was a great trip! We caught 12 sharks and a very big stingray. I took my 2 oldest boys, one of which was celebrating his...
Brad D. recommends Family Shark Fishing & Dolphin Tours 3
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