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Manasota Key, Florida

Boat Charters on Manasota Key

Wakesurfing, dolphin tours, sunset cruises and whole days on the bay. If the place you are staying has a dock, Captain ET picks you up from it at no extra cost.

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Dock pickup included
Up to 6 guests
No trip fee
From $149

You are already on the water. Use it.

Manasota Key sits with the Gulf on one side and Lemon Bay on the other, a few minutes over the Tom Adams Bridge from Englewood. Captain ET keeps the boat on the mainland side of that bay, which means a charter from the key is about the shortest trip to the dock anybody gets.

If the house or condo you are renting has a dock on the bay side, he comes to you. You walk down the steps, step on the boat, and the day starts. No driving, no parking, no finding a ramp in a town you do not know. There is no charge for that on Manasota Key.

If there is no dock, you meet him at 1000 S McCall Rd in Englewood, which is five or ten minutes back over the bridge with parking right there.

What you can book

Wakesurf charter

From $500 for 2 hours, up to $1,100 for 6

The Lemon Bay side of the key is some of the flattest water on this coast, which is exactly why the boat lives here. Private session on the Heyday H22 with pro instruction and Phase Five boards included. Every level, and most first-timers are riding the same day.

Wakesurf charters

Dolphin and wildlife tour

$275 for 2 hours, $350 for 3, $450 for 4

Lemon Bay and the Gulf shoreline, looking for dolphins, manatees, rays and shorebirds. Calm nearshore water the whole way, which makes it the easy pick with kids or grandparents aboard.

Dolphin tours

Sunset cruise

$250 for 90 minutes

Out through Stump Pass at the south end of the key for the last of the light, or inside the pass if the Gulf is choppy. One departure an evening, so the night is yours. Bring a bottle, there is ice aboard.

Sunset cruises

Day on the Bay

$300 for 2 hours, $550 for 4, $700 for 6

Sandbars, swimming, shelling, shark teeth if you want them, and lunch at a restaurant you pull up to. Build the day however you like.

Day on the Bay

Saturday Session

$149 a seat

Every other Saturday, 9am to 1pm, six seats. The cheap way for one or two people to try wakesurfing without taking the whole boat.

Wakesurf lessons

Every private charter above is priced for the whole boat, up to six guests, not per person. Full numbers are on the pricing page.

Where the boat goes from here

Lemon Bay runs the length of the key, which gives you protected water on almost any day. Stump Pass at the south end is the way out to the Gulf, and the sandbars either side of it are where most trips end up at some point. Beyond the pass the shoreline runs down past Don Pedro Island, and north the bay carries on toward Venice.

Dolphins work the pass and the bay constantly and they like running the wake. On a calm day Captain ET will take you out into the Gulf. On a choppy one the bay is better anyway, so almost nothing gets cancelled for wind alone.

Booking from a rental

Deposit
$50
Wakesurf deposit
$100
Dock pickup
Free

Pick a date and charter on the booking page and the deposit holds it. The balance is due on the day by cash, card, Venmo or Zelle. If you are renting for a week, book the morning early in the stay so there is room to move it if the weather turns.

Send Captain ET the address or a photo of the dock when you book and he will tell you straight whether there is enough water at the tide you want. If there is not, you meet him at the ramp and lose nothing but a five minute drive.

Questions people ask

Yes, and there is no extra charge for it. If the house you are in has a dock on the Lemon Bay side, Captain ET comes to you, you step on, and the trip starts there. Send him a photo of the dock or the address when you book and he will tell you whether the water is deep enough at the tide you are looking at.
Then you meet him at the ramp at 1000 S McCall Rd in Englewood, which is a few minutes back over the bridge. There is parking there and he waits at the dock with the boat.
Minutes. The ramp on S McCall Rd is on the mainland side of Lemon Bay and the key is directly across it, so you are on the water for the whole short run rather than sitting in a truck. Nothing about a Manasota Key trip is a travel job, so there is no trip fee.
All of it. Wakesurfing on the flat water inside Lemon Bay, a dolphin and wildlife tour along the bay and the Gulf shoreline, a sunset cruise out through Stump Pass, or a whole day with sandbar stops, swimming and lunch on the water. Prices run from $250 for a sunset cruise to $1,100 for six hours of wakesurfing, and every one of those is for the whole boat up to six guests.
The Lemon Bay side is some of the best flat water on this coast, which is the whole reason the boat lives here. Mornings are glass before the traffic builds. If the Gulf is calm Captain ET will take you out through Stump Pass, but the bay is usually the better wave.
Yes. Stump Pass is right at the south end of the key and the sandbars around it are where most trips end up at some point. Tell Captain ET what you want out of the day and he builds the route around it.
As soon as you know your dates. Captain ET runs year round and the good mornings go first, particularly over the holidays and spring break. A deposit holds the date and the balance is due on the day.
A deposit through Stripe holds the date, $50 on most charters and $100 on a wakesurf charter. The balance is due on the day by cash, card, Venmo or Zelle.

Nearby

Same boat, same captain, a short run away. Private boat charters in Englewood, watersports in Englewood, and wakesurfing at Boca Grande. Wakesurf is the one charter Captain ET will trailer further afield, up to two hours from Englewood.

Pick a morning

Tell Captain ET where the dock is and he will come to it.

Check Dates

Or call and text on 941-883-1360