Top 10 Boat Tours & Water Sports in Anna Maria Island, Florida (FL)

Tampa fishing charters available with world renown Tampa fishing guide Captain Matt Ercoli. Captain Matt offers half, three quarter and full day fishing trips. This includes tarpon, inshore and offshore fishing charters. The primary targeted species are tarpon, snook, redfish, trout, permit, kingfish, tunny, sharks,cobia, grouper, and snapper. All you need to bring is whatever you like to eat and drink. Licenses, tackle, ice and fish cleaning all provided.

AMI Paddleboard Kayak Adventures is all about getting people on the water, ridiculously close to wildlife, without negatively impacting the environment. We offer paddleboard lessons, tours, rentals, fitness sessions (Paddlelates and Paddle Yoga) and group events. We launch almost anywhere in Southwest Florida including Anna Maria, Holmes Beach, Bradenton Beach and Longboat Key. Learn how to "walk" on water while watching a variety of wildlife including manatees, dolphins and sea turtles. See you soon!!

Happy Paddler Kayak Tours & EcoVentures offers spectacular guided kayak and paddleboard tours for anybody wanting to explore the waters around Anna Maria Island, Longboat Key, and Sarasota in a uniquely relaxed yet adventurous way! We are a home-grown bunch of expert naturalists & certified paddling instructors and we strive to set the standard of excellence in our industry as we share the happiness of paddling! Beginners, advanced paddlers, and everyone in between are welcome to join us on the water. Aside from our award-winning guided tours, we also offer rentals and lessons. Come see what all the happiness is about!

Visit SEEDOLPHINS.COM to book! We are a 28 passenger power catamaran. Covered and padded seating. 95+% of tours see dolphins! Running daily and sunset tours which are BYOB. We'd love to share with you the beautiful intracoastal waters in an unforgettable experience. Great for people of all ages! Discounts for Seniors and kids and 3 and under go for free! See you on the water!

Look no further. Capt. Layne with Snapper Addict Fishing Charters will put you on the fish! Specializing in family friendly fun, you will catch many different reef species including Snapper, Grouper, Kingfish, Hogfish, Cobia, mackeral, and Shark. USCG licensed and insured.

Boat Tours and Charters on Anna Maria Island. M/V Minnow offers excursions to Egmont Key, dolphin watches, sunset cruises and hosts private event charters. We also offer Burials at Sea also known as Ash Scatterings .

Seafood Charters offers private inshore, offshore, and deep sea fishing charters for up to 6 guests. Captain Keith is a down-to-earth, likable, hard-working mariner with years of experience fishing the area both commercially and recreationally. He enjoys sharing his passion for catching fish with others- especially families with children.

Sea Kat Divers is a locally owned licensed dive shop run and operated by Padi Dive Instructor Jim who has years of experience and local knowledge. We are your "one stop shop" on the island offering the only friendly, family oriented, full service dive shop ready to meet any of your scuba or snorkeling needs, rentals , gear, service, tank fills, and private chartered trips for both scuba and snorkel. We offer personalized daily snorkel trips for $75.00 per person (3 person minimum) to Egmont Key and a two tank scuba dive trip starting at $95.00 per person (3 person minimum) to multiple reefs, wrecks and local dive spots. Each snorkel and dive trip departs around 9:00 a.m. (weather permitting) from the Kingfish boat ramp on Manatee Avenue. To participate on any of our trips you must call or stop by the shop to book! All trips are customized to the individual customers wants and generally last around 4 hours. Don't have any equipment? We offer rentals and sales

—Captain Aaron Lowman was born and raised on Anna Maria Island. Always drawn to the waters around Tampa Bay, Aaron completed his first full-scale USPS Boating Course in 1996 at the age of 11. All that time on the water allowed for him to become one of the top guides in the Tampa Bay area. —Aaron’s target species include but are not limited to snook, tarpon, redfish, seatrout, snapper, sheepshead, sharks, flounder, kingfish, and cobia. —Captain Aaron fishes out of his large and roomy 24′ Carolina Skiff DLX when inshore, and uses a 26′ Sea Cat when heading offshore. —USCG Licensed and insured. Full safety equipment on board. No fishing license required. All bait & tackle is supplied. —Captain Aaron’s boat is docked at the Seafood Shack Marina Bar & Grill, located in Cortez, Florida.

Captain Danny Stasny specializes in live-bait backwater and near shore fishing in a customized, 23 foot C-Hawk Tower Boat powered by a quiet 225 hp Yamaha 4-stroke motor. Capt. Danny Stasny has spent his entire life fishing and boating in Manatee County and the Tampa Bay area. Check out my website at http://annamariafish.com where you can read my latest fishing reports and see additional photos of what we are catching.