Double J Adventures

We did a private swimming with the manatees outing on Christmas Eve afternoon. Great experience! Our guide was so kind and helpful. She brought an underwater camera for us to use, and then later emailed us all the pictures. Further, we had our 4 year old with us who suddenly decided she refused to get in the water. Our guide happily entertained her so the rest of us could go in the water and view the manatees together. (We were in eye and ear shot of the boat; don’t call Child Protection on me please.) When our swim time was done and we were almost ready to leave, we noticed a mother and baby manatee. Our guide took extra time to allow us to view these 2, and get some extra pictures. What a great experience!

This was my 25^th wedding anniversary and the wife always wanted to swim with the manatees… what a great decision to go with Double J. If you want to enjoy time with the manatees with a team that makes the trip worth it… Double J Adventures is the place. We saw numerous manatees and the captain always gauged what the customers wanted and took us to some really great spots. CPT Garret was from the area and made sure we were taken care of. The 3 sister springs was the ending spot where we relaxed in the warm water and still spotted manatees on the way back to to boat. Love this trip and will be back scallop season to book a trip with CPT Jim and his team! Thanks for the great time.

We are so glad we did a trip with Double J Adventures!
Have to admit that I initially planned on booking with 1 of the bigger operators, but they did not have slots at the times we wanted. So I looked for other operators on TripAdvisor, and found really good reviews for Double J.
Gave a quick call to Capt. Joanne, and booked for the trip on their website. On the actual day, we got the boat to ourselves (there were 6 in our party). Capt. Jo was enlightening, and explained everything to us. We went to 2 spots where we got to swim with not less than 6 or 7 different manatees. Also got to touch and interact with them quite a bit.
In the course of the break, some of us needed to use the bathroom, and Capt. Jo very kindly obliged. She also lent us her waterproof camera, and emailed links to the photos to us the following day.
All in all, a very special experience, with a really professional operator!
Word of advice: go for the early tours before the place gets swarmed with visitors!

Absolutely an amazing morning. The experience and customer service was outstanding. Seeing the manatees is a once in a lifetime experience.