We took 6 people and were able to sit in the shade (the seating area is covered). 
Constantly rotated reeling in our 14 fish (mostly black fin tuna and one Wahoo).
They are one of the few charters that actually let you keep all your fish meat (not just the meat off of a 20# fish like other boats, but don’t take more than you think you can eat) so book it early on your trip and save money eating fresh catch the rest of your trip.
Bring a cooler/tote or something with ice to put your fish in.
There are only a double and two single padded seats for your group but two can sit on the shell next to the single seats.
Friendly and personable Captain and First mate.
I would definitely book again and do it at the beginning of the trip.

Captain(Thaddeus) and first mate (Micah) immediately made me and my friend feel welcomed, comfortable, and completely at ease. This was their first women’s-only fishing trip, and they truly made us feel right at home from start to finish.
We spent the first five hours fishing and caught a handful of fish — two of which they cleaned, cut up, and prepared for us to take back. We were able to enjoy the fresh fish throughout the rest of our vacation in St. Thomas, and it was absolutely delicious.
For the last hour of the trip, we headed over to Christmas Cove where we got to swim and relax in the beautiful water, which was the perfect ending to the day.
The entire experience was fun, welcoming, and memorable. Highly recommend Riptide fishing charter, and we’re already looking forward to coming back again in the future!

Thaddeus was amazing, really knows the area.  He recommended staying closer to shore based on water and wind conditions.  We ended up being only tour group from multiple different companies with any fish for the day.  We brought in a kingfish and two mahi-mahi.  We took the mahi to Tarpon’s table and had a great dinner.

Captain Lawrence was great from beginning to end. This isn’t our first nor 5th time deep sea fishing. Music on point, customer service on point, we caught a keeper within 10 minutes. We had a group of six and everyone got to chance to catch a fish. We will definitely book again. Thank you for a great experience.

Been on many fishing trips before but this one was most action packed experience Captain Thaddeus put us on almost 30 fish on some rough conditions! he did a amazing job and definitely knows what he is doing would recommend him over and over