Evening and Night Tours:
Families or groups with children, younger than 10:
Reserve Your own private tour dates.
The more friends you bring, the better the rates.
Scheduled Discount Tours: Bring Your Own Munchies and Water
Minimum Total Clients To Avoid Cancellation: 4 Adults.
Sunset and Full Moon Tours
Starts 3 hours prior to Sunset: 4 Hours: Same flow as day tours.
Starts later to enjoy the sunset or sunset with paddling back under the full moon.
Full Moon : Best Dates are listed in our Discount Tour List
We want to give everyone a chance to join us.
Unless there are unusually warm evenings,we don't resume Full Moon Tours until May or June through October. Keep an eye out for Special Events though. It has happened in December.
Bioluminescent Night Tours
(Glowing) Plankton
Starts to build in July. Peaks August into beginning of October
We meet just before sunset. Tours last 3-3.5 Hours:
On the most intense nights you can see the trails of fish, harbor seals and other estuary life moving in the water as well as glowing trails everywhere you touch.
Our Plankton Contact List
Bioluminescent tour dates are tentative. Groups are formed from our contact list, almost at the last minute, based on confirmation of the glowing blooms.
The Glowing Plankton does not bloom all Summer or Fall months. They show up in periodic waves associated with peaks in warmer ocean temperatures. We don't want to guess and have clients pay for barely a sparkle.
Instead, we forecast for the best moon and tide dates, and test the water to confirm when the blooms are strong and amazing. Then we call to quickly form larger discounted groups to share enjoying the glowing event together.
Please Call: Get Listed Early to Ensure a Seat
We will note your best dates and expected number of participants from your group,
and will contact you when we confirm they are blooming.
Best Plankton Dates To View: Per The Moon
Water samples required to confirm the blooms.
Minimum Total Clients To Avoid Cancellation: 4 Adults
Bring Your Own Munchies and Water for Night Tours.
Enjoy an extra discount of $10 per adult and $5 per child
when reserving 5 or more seats.
* Our Discount Plankton Tour Age Limit: 10 years of age and over unless scheduling your own private group.
Evening tours can feel cooler for younger children who are not paddling the kayak.
Young children can also become frightened by the glowing wildlife and we can't turn it off like an entertainment screen. This ended one of our initial discount group tours. Please do not bring your child or youth if they become frightened or excessively loud after sunset. If you have a community or larger family with curious children, ages 8 and above, we'd be happy to put together a shorter private experience at a great price.
We have several dates planned in our Discount Tours List.
Other Discount or Private Tours may be available within the following date ranges.
July 26th - August 8th: Private: $120 per adult seat
"Join our Group" Discount Dates: Adults $100 / Youth ages 10-12 $60
July: 6, 7 : Possible Plankton: 8 - 11 PM
July: 27, 28 : Probable Plankton: 8 - 11 PM
Estuary Ecology & Plankton Sample Tour:
Fridays: Noon-3PM: $90 per adult seat
Estuary Ecology & Plankton Sample Day Tours:
August 2nd & 25th: Noon-3PM: $90 per adult seat
August 23rd - September 8th: Private: $120 per adult seat
"Join our Group" Discount Dates: Adults $100 / Youth ages 10-12 $60
August: 3, 4, : Probable Plankton: 8 - 11 PM: 3 Hours:
August 10th-12th: Perseids and Plankton:
Peak Night is Saturday the 12th:
Note: Moon phase is not in the best for 2024.
Experience will not be as intense as other years.
Discount Rates Every Night
August 10 & 11: 8-11 PM: Adults $90 / Youth ages 10-12 $55
August 12: 7:45-11:15 PM: We added an extra half hour for the best night.
Adults $100 / Youth ages 10-12 $60
These dates are likely to fully book. Reserve Early!
The Perseid meteor shower is rich and steady, from early August through the peak and are colorful and frequently leave persistent trains. This makes the Perseid shower perhaps the most beloved meteor shower for the Northern Hemisphere. Skywatchers frequently report 90 meteors per hour, or more. In 2023, the moon did not interfere with viewing the meteor shower or glowing ocean plankton.
September (2024 dates coming soon): Probable Plankton: 7 PM
Adults $110 / Youth ages 10-12 $65
These dates are likely to fully book. Get on our list!
Discount Tour Dates Will Appear Here
October (2024 dates coming soon): Possible Plankton: 7 PM
Adults $110 / Youth ages 10-12 $65
