Coastal Backwater Adventures, St. Simons Island

About Coastal Backwater Adventures

Coastal Backwater Adventures on St. Simons Island offers tours where visitors captain their own CraigCat, a compact catamaran designed to handle like a go-cart on water. After a brief orientation, guests depart from a launch site near Marina Drive and navigate the backwaters with an experienced tour guide familiar with local conditions. No boating experience is required; the boats are engineered to be easy to operate even for inexperienced boaters. During tours, visitors encounter wildlife including dolphins, alligators, birds, and sea birds while passing through the Spartina grass marshes that characterize the Golden Isles. The boats feature dry storage for keys, wallets, and phones. Visitors aged 16 and older with a valid driver's license may operate a boat, while passengers aged 4 and older may ride along. Tours run Wednesday through Monday, with scheduled departures offered throughout the day. Tickets are sold online through the venue's website.