Small Group Sea Turtle Tour (Guaranteed To See Turtles)

Sven led the tour of only 2 of us. He was very intentional about making sure we were comfortable in our gear and asking about our preferences. We saw SEVERAL turtles!! We saw several other sea creatures as well. Would definitely recommend!!

Small group, very relaxing atmosphere, no rushing around and no boats 🛥️ involved. Gear up on shore and swim out to see turtles and other marine life

I really liked the small group and swimming around. But it was little hard to find the guide at the parking lot. And I didn't get the pictures even I paid 40$, which is disappointing 😕.

Sven, our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable about the island and the wildlife. He was also friendly! We saw at least 8-10 turtles on our excursion, with the turtles even breaching for air right in front of us. Absolutely fantastic experience!

Our tour guide Sven was amazing. He went above and beyond. He started us with a cool tour of the trees, plants and beach. It was SO cool. When we got into the water he did a great job teaching us how to utilize the snorkels as it was our first time. He gave us such a cool tour of the fish and plants in the ocean. He knew exactly where to go to see turtles. He taught us how to interact with them, the rules, and how to keep them safe. It was such a lengthy awesome tour. It was one of our favorite excursions!

Guide was excellent!! We saw a lot of sea turtles and other marine creatures. Amazing day!!!! Definitely book the trip!!!

This excursion was amazing. Our guide, Sophie, was kind and knowledgeable. She was patient with us and led our group to see so many sea turtles! We loved the additional option to get a photo package. This crossed an item off our bucket list in the best possible way. Highly recommend!

Great tour guide- Sven was knowledgeable and hit some great spots for the turtles and sea life. Transferred from the cruise port was quick and easy.

AMAZING guided tour. Sven was so friendly & knowledgeable. Equipment was great. He knew exactly where to find cool stuff to see. Lots of turtles, a few sting rays, even a hiding octopus! We never would’ve found awesome stuff like this on our own. Sven was GREAT!!!

The most incredible experience! We were within touching distance of the turtles and saw so many of them. Our guide, Sven, was extremely knowledgeable and even took us to coral reefs that were filled with exotic fish. I can’t recommend this trip enough.

This experience is a must do!!!!!!! Sophie, a wonderful young lady, was our tour guide. She is extremely knowledgeable and passionate about marine life. I really admired that! She is patient and very nice. We saw at least 8 turtles, 2 small squids, 2 starfish, and a Spotted Eagle Ray. The beach wasn’t crowded, since we got there before 11am and beat the cruise ship crowds. The water was clear and pretty calm. There is a bit of a current so be prepared to use your swimming muscles. Great workout! We highly recommend this tour, especially if you are lucky enough to have Sophie leading the way.

Grate small group experience. Sophia was great and took time to explained and show the different sea life. I would recommend this experience for anyone that hasn’t seen sea turtles. I only rated as 4 due to the last minute notice of where to meet the group. I would recommend changing that process. The other was we had just experienced Brewer Beach 2 days earlier on our own. We were hoping for something different based on the meet location. If you haven’t experienced Brewers and its sea life I highly recommend this experience.

Was excited to have a small group snorkel experience. We were fortunate to get Sophie as our personal guide with only 4 in our group. I saw the cruise group go out with over 50 swimmers. We got to see sea turtles, octopi, barracuda and tons of colorful fish. perfect amount of snorkel time and enjoyed the scenic beach. Highly recommend!

Sketchy. They tell you to meet at a parking lot in front of a hotel near the bay. They were in a rusted pick up truck and they did not have any identifying logos or names on their shirts. They looked like tourists. We did not see the note to meet in the parking lot or the hotel name. You have to click into the meeting point tab and it states it in smaller font below the bold address. Very easy to miss. We walked the entire beach trying to find them. Fortunately, one of the hotel staff members knew they existed and told us to walk to the parking lot in the front. When we got there, there was no visible concern that their directions were confusing. My elderly parents were overwhelmed from walking around trying to find the tour guides. No apologies. We were told it was obvious on the meeting notes. Again, it does state the notes about the hotel and parking lot, but you have to click into the meeting location. The meeting location just says the street address in bold. It doesn’t say the hotel name, so taxi drivers weren’t sure what we were looking for. If it said the hotel name clearly in the address, all issues would have been avoided. But again, the taxi drivers are more concerned with squishing 32 or more people into a vehicle that has a sign that says 25 people max. Sigh. It’s a USVI thing. Squish and hurry. Details later. So we found them and it was sketchy. A rusty truck with kayaks on it that looked to seat maybe 4. We were a party of six. They were very defensive about their meeting notes and more concerned about being right than any actual customer service. We didn’t feel comfortable going with them and instead got a taxi and went back to the port. On the ship, I got a late text from 10:18 am saying they expected an $80 tip up front when we arrived. The booking says nothing about mandatory gratuity. We are tippers, don’t get me wrong. But if the gratuity is mandatory before we even see how your tour is, I’m probably not going. I want to be generous with everyone, but we already had issues finding you, let alone even trying to verify if your tour is legit. If you want your personal business to be successful, fix these issues. Own your mistakes and shortfalls. Get some logo’d polo shirts for your staff. Don’t pick people up in a parking lot of a hotel you are not affiliated with. And above all, when your guests are in distress or seem overwhelmed right at the beginning, a simple “I can see you are frustrated and I apologize, please have a seat and we will make sure your concerns are taken care of right away.” Not belligerent or snarky comments that make your customers (yes, they are paying customers) feel uncomfortable or further frustrated. Perhaps you can hire a customer service team to train you on how to treat customers. A few bad reviews can kill a small business. You need to learn how to manage angry or disappointed guests BEFORE they leave a review. I guarantee you they will be brutally honest. To future turtle seekers, there are many other tour options. Safe yourself distress, choose one of them.

Our sea turtle snorkel excursion was absolutely incredible! Sophie was the perfect guide—so knowledgeable, kind, and clearly passionate about what she does. She made everyone feel comfortable in the water and shared great information about the turtles and the area throughout the trip. The excursion itself was the perfect length—just the right amount of time to get out on the water, snorkel, and have an amazing experience without feeling rushed or overly long. The highlight, of course, was seeing nine sea turtles! It felt magical every time another one appeared. Sophie knew exactly where to go and made sure everyone had a chance to see them while still respecting the turtles and their space. If you're considering this excursion, I can’t recommend it enough. Between Sophie’s expertise and the excitement of seeing so many turtles, it was truly one of the most memorable parts of our trip!

Lynne took us to a beach and into the water and found a lot for us to look at. We saw five different turtles as well as various fish, stingrays and an octopus. She knows a lot about marine life and was very interesting to talk to. Highly recommended activity.

We had a great time on this excursion! Our guide was Sophie and she was very friendly and knowledgeable. She made sure we saw lots of wildlife, including an octopus, stingrays, and multiple turtles of different sizes. Any questions we had, she was able to answer. I would recommend this excursion to anyone looking to see some turtles on their vacation!

Unfortunately, our tour was canceled due to high swells and rip currents during the period our tour was scheduled. Although we did not get to see the turtles, I am giving this tour 5 stars anyway, due to the fact that the tour operator contacted us in plenty of time to allow us to make other plans for the day and kept us apprised if the situation throughout the two days that we originally scheduled, then rescheduled, the tour. We understand that safety is the number one priority and we appreciate the communication provided by the tour operator. If back in St Thomas at a future date, we would certainly book this tour again, thanks!

Sophie was our guide and she was super knowledgeable and personable. I really liked how our group was so small and that she spent time answering all of our questions.

We had Sophie as a guide. She did a great job. She found many sea turtles. We also found a sting ray and an eagle ray. You could tell she really loves her job.

Sophia did a wonderful job finding green turtles, sting rays and an octopus. She was knowledgeable and very good at guiding us.

Wonderful, easy snorkeling adventure for first timers and advanced swimmers alike! Lynne was a fabulous snorkel guide! First we searched for turtles. Lynne zigzagged across the cove to find them and motioned to us when she did. Not only did we see multiple turtles, we also saw stingrays, Then we went to a small reef area where we saw lots of fish swimming among the recovering coral. We even encountered an octopus and 3 squid. Getting to the meeting point was a little challenging, but this was due to St. Thomas’s taxi monopoly on transportation on the island. (The taxis are basically open air trucks with multiple benches. They wait until the trucks are filled, and make multiple stops along the way.) So give yourself extra time to get to the meeting point. We docked at West Indian Company Dock and allowed an hour to get to Emerald Beach, arriving in plenty of time.

We got picked up at the Emerald Beach Resort parking lot, we took a taxi there because we came from our cruise ship. The excursion is about 2 hours. They furnished all the snorkeling gear, provided waters and chairs for the beach if you didn’t want snorkel the whole time. I have been snorkeling several times and have never seen so many fish and yes sea turtles!! We saw a few but went in to rest, and the other people in our group saw another 3-4. I had never seen a sea turtle before either, so amazing. Our guide was Sophie and she had so much information about which fish we were seeing and other ocean marine life and so much information on sea turtles. They take pics and you can buy for $40, which for us was just great as we didn’t want to fumble a camera around and just wanted to focus on our snorkeling sights. Really great fun tour!!

Sophie was early to meet us at the parking lot and she was very cheerful and excited to guide us on our beautiful coastline snorkeling experience. She’s very informative and made sure to give everyone in our small group special attention. Sophie swam deep into the water to locate octopuses 🐙 and she swam around to find the green turtles 🐢 we were guaranteed to see. We also saw rays too.

Sophie was early to meet us at the parking lot and she was very cheerful and excited to guide us on our beautiful coastline snorkeling experience. She’s very informative and made sure to give everyone in our small group special attention. Sophie swam deep into the water to locate octopuses 🐙 and she swam around to find the green turtles 🐢 we were guaranteed to see. We also saw rays too.

This has been the highlight of my trip so far! I was the only guest so Sophie was pretty much my personal snorkel guide haha but it was great! She is very kind and very knowledgeable! She was very informative about everything we seen from sea turtles to octopus to sting rays all the different fish everything! I highly recommend!

Comes as advertised. Sophia, our guide, was great! The weather was perfect. The beach wasn’t crowded at all. We had a great time.

This was a fun kind of minimalistic type excursion in that it’s very simple and laid back. Our guide Lynne did a fantastic job of guiding us around the beach front waters coming across tons of water life from a baby octopus, to Manatee, and to obviously Sea Turtles! Lots of cool sea creatures and fish but the Sea Turtles steal the show! Lynne was very knowledgeable and would swim around to highlight the next area for us to gather. She took great videos and even tho i also took very good vids during the snorkel I recommend as it’s $40 and her camera is high quality. My one recommendation is maybe tell people to look for your vehicle by description bc the parking lot of the resort was too ambiguous, and we were waiting for a while until we just got curious walking around the full parking lot.

First off Sophie passion for sea turtles is amazing she was great ! Second I have never had such a good snorkeling experience there was so many turtles and other wild life. We all really enjoyed this tour it end up being just the 3 of us too so that was nice to getting one on one!

We booked this excursion for the 16th Nov 2025 and what a brilliant excursion. Lynne was extremely knowledgeable and the whole experience was one will will never forget

Beautiful calm waters and lots of aquatic life. Yes, saw turtles! Sophie was an excellent guide. Highly recommend!

If you are joining from a cruise two big things to know: 1. Your tour is in LOCAL time. The ships always emphasize staying on ship time, but that may be different from local time 2. Your meeting point is at Emerald Beach Resort in the parking lot. Google maps makes it look walkable, but it is not. Spend the $6 for a taxi. Company was flexible in rescheduling our tour when we had a mix up with cruise/ship versus local time. You will see a lot of neat wildlife, including turtles! Consider investing in a waterproof box for your phone so you can get your own videos—someone on our tour had one and was kind enough to share their photos and footage. The guide was nice and provided good knowledge and facts about the wildlife. Another major point to know is that while the snorkeling doesn’t require significant physical strength and the ocean is a gradual walk-in, you must be able to pull yourself into a pick-up truck bed that has been modified with beach seating.

I did get to see turtles. The guide was new and wasn’t good at keeping the small group together. She attempted to take nice photos but was doing too much. Watching the group and trying to find various fish and turtles. A lot to expect for one guide.

We ended up calling the operator to book this the same day that our cruise docked in St Thomas. They were able to get us booked without issue, and set us up for pickup at the Emerald Beach Resort (right by the cruise port). Our guide, Lynn?, was newish to the company, and did an absolutely phenomenal job throughout the duration of the experience. She went out of her way to share knowledge about the local fauna, and was passionate about the wildlife we were going to be seeing. We saw numerous types of fish, squid, and multiple turtles. The guides working for this company are absolute pros at spotting the turtles as they graze along the bottom of the bay, and the smaller group size ensured that the turtles would not be frightened into moving elsewhere as we approached. This tour was worth every penny, and I would strongly recommend it.

The experience was great but expensive for the accommodations. All you have to do is find the beach and swim around until you see turtles. Don't really need a guide.

Great experience! We saw many Sea Turtles! We also saw sting rays, grouper, jelly fish, reef fish and sea urchin. Description is as promised!

Our guide Sven was fabulous!! He led us to all the right places. I can’t even name all the unique fish we saw. Not to mention the sea turtles and sting rays. We even saw a juvenile eagle ray!! I was a first time snorkeler. And felt very comfortable. I would highly recommend this to anyone.

Our tour guide was AMAZING! I think his name was sen? ( I'm sorry I forgot!) He was the absolute beat! We told him it was our first time snorkeling and he gave great instructions! He stayed by us and gave us a nature tour before the snorkeling which was super cool! Once in the water he stayed with us the entire time! Everytime we saw something he would explain what it was etc! We saw a sea turtle that survived a shark attack! I got tired quick and hung out on the beach while my boyfriend continued with the group! He said the guide even asked if I was okay etc! I would 100% go with him again on this tour! We had the best experience! My boyfriend had an amazing birthday! Thank you so much! 10/10 fully recommend!

Sven took us to Brewers bay on a guided snorkeling tour to see sea turtles. The adventure was rewarding! We saw at least 6 separate turtles as well as reefs of coral, tarpon, barracuda (from a safe distance!) and many other small colorful fish. He took go pro videos and photos of the experience which are well worth the $40 cost. I was amazed how closely we could watch the turtles in their native habitat. You need to be able to swim yet I am just an average swimmer and it was not too taxing. Life vests are provided and snorkel gear is as well if needed. Sven is a treasure trove of knowledge and we learned while we swam and played!

Sven and Lea were amazing! My wife and I really enjoyed our time out there together. Sven started with a super informative and laid back botanical tour of some of the trees and fruits in the area, before taking us out onto a beautiful beach. It was our first time snorkeling, and I couldn't have asked for a better scenario. Relaxed, low stakes, and chill. We got out into the water, and Sven and Lea told us about all the fish and various creatures we saw. The sea turtles were the main reason we were there and we were not disappointed. By the time we were through, we had seen 6-8 different sea turtles up close and, frankly, I could have stayed out there all day. Thank you Sven and Lea!

It was amazing saw at least five turtles a spotted eagle ray and three other sting rays a barracuda it was amazing. Our girls had a blast

Amazing experience, friendly and knowledgeable guide. Had an awesome time swimming with sea turtles and beautiful marine life.

Loved this excursion 2 years ago so did it again! Our guide Sven was wonderful and lots of knowledge of more than just water life! We saw several turtles, sting ray, barracuda & different fish.

We had the best time with James!! He was so knowledgeable and called us over to see the sea turtles. I would definitely do this excursion the next time I’m in St. Thomas. Thanks James for everything!!!

Great experience seeing the turtles and fish. Gave some history about Virgin Islands and surrounding places

James, our tour guide, was very friendly & knowledgeable. It ended up being a private tour since others canceled last minute. We saw plenty of sea turtles, rays and fish.

Sven was extremely knowledgeable and was so kind! We saw a few sea turtles, sea urchins, plenty of fish near the coral, and my favorite was the giant puffer fish. This was such a fun time and I will be doing it again. I could spend all day in the water snorkeling. Thank you Sven!!!

It was an amazing experience you won't wanna muss when they guaranteed to see turtles they mean it we saw 4 or 5 and they were very close to us. Breathtaking!!! Lots of other sea life as well.

This was an absolute blast for a grandma, daughter and granddaughter! None of us had snorkeled before but it was so easy to our guide Sven gave us some history of the turtles then took us out where we discovered so many turtles. We also saw starfish, an octopus and tropical fish amongst the reefs. This is so worth the money if you want to see turtles like my granddaughter did. 2 hours was over before we knew it.