Captiva Cruises offers shelling excursions to the south end of Cayo Costa, averaging 34 visitors per day over the last five years through two daily trips offered Monday through Saturday. After Hurricane Charley damaged the original south dock in 2004, we were proud to help rebuild and reopen the state-owned dock in 2016, a resource that is now available for public use.
Since inception in 1986, Captiva Cruises has been dedicated to upholding a culture of good stewardship for the islands and environment. We have a long-standing partnership with the Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation, partnering through No Child Left On Shore to bring underprivileged children to the southern end of Cayo Costa, where they learn about the ecology of the barrier island and wildlife. Some of these children have never seen a beach or stepped foot in the sand before.
Corals harvested from the Florida Keys have been successfully crossbred with the goal of enhancing genetic diversity and disease resistance, which could better protect and restore corals that have been