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Our Captains never get tired of taking time out
from our tours
to enjoy a little quiet time with the manatees themselves.
Photo used with permission of photographer Carol Grant
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Our
boats are docked at our shop so we're FIRST OUT on the water.
Coffee, tea, hot cocoa & donuts are served.
All boats have on-board restroom & changing room.
We offer dive instruction & guided dives.
Birds is a PADI 5 Star Dive Center. |
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 WHY
WE ARE THE QUALITY DIFFERENCE
We are located on the water, so you don't have to drive to a boat
ramp to embark from a different location. This saves time and effort!
Our early waterfront departure time allows us to beat the crowds.
Most manatees move into sanctuaries when it gets busy on the water.
Tours meet at 6:15am. We offer an 11:00am tour, but highly recommend
the early tour.
Stay at a local motel or one
of our rental homes the night before.
Our Captains get IN the water with our clients on the Manatee Tours to supervise, assist, and shoot high quality video for DVD reproduction and sales.
All tours are educational and conducted with respect to the manatees
first. We show the Fish and Wildlife "Manatee Manners"
video, and give a thorough briefing of laws before boarding and
during the tour.
Captains enter the water BEFORE the snorkelers to make sure there
are receptive manatees in the area.
We provide free hoods for the cold days. Our Children's wetsuits
are 6/5/4 mm thick providing extra warmth for the little ones.
Complimentary donuts, coffee, hot chocolate, juice, and water
are provided on all tours.
Free manatee coloring books and manatee snorkeling certificates
available upon request.
PADI Manatee Awareness Certification $25.00 upon request. Must
be OW certified.
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here to see prices, and view
the dive center site for our scuba diving packages.
Now, back to our Manatee Snorkeling Tours and the reasons why Bird's Underwater is your best bet for a quality vacation experience. Our manatee tours are educational, as well as enjoyable. Prior to the tour, you will be shown
a video filmed by our staff, in cooperation with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, in which proper behavior
is demonstrated and explained. We offer free refreshments, including: fresh donuts, water, juice, hot chocolate and
coffee. Our friendly and knowledgeable Captains will answer all of your questions about manatees and the local
ecosystem. When you enter the water to Swim With The Manatees, the Captain will join you, to supervise
your experience and shoot digital quality videos which you may purchase.
Have we caught your interest? If so, please visit the Manatee
Tours page for more information on swimming
with the manatees (pricing, start times, etc.), or call us toll-free
at 1-800-771-2763
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AS SEEN ON:
ABC's "20/20" with Barbara Walters
Travel Channel's "Lonely Planet - Treks"
Travel Channel's "Sport Diver Television"
Discovery Channel's "Reel TV"
CNN Headline News "The Manatee Man" segment
Ch. 13 Tampa Bay News "Bill Murphy's One Tank Trips"
TLN's "Trailsides: Make your own Adventure"
PBS "Critter Gitters"
PBS "Awesome Adventures"
On Top of the World II (Canadian television)
Jim Fowler's "Wildlife Adventures"
GMTV Morning News
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