Sunshine Wildlife Tours, Stuart

About Sunshine Wildlife Tours

Sunshine Wildlife Tours offers guided boat excursions aboard the Sirenia, a 35-foot pontoon boat with a full roof and restroom, captained by Nancy Beaver, who brings 20 years of experience with Indian River Lagoon wildlife. Visitors enjoy close-up views of bottlenose dolphins, manatees, and sea turtles, along with endangered and threatened bird species. The tour uses plankton and zooplankton nets and discovery scopes to magnify views of the ocean's nursery of life within mangrove and sea grass beds. Every tour visits Bird Island, one of Florida's top 10 bird rookeries and a recently designated critical wildlife area. Captain Beaver shares history of the Manatee Pocket, the St. Lucie River, the Indian River Lagoon, and the intracoastal waterway. The experience suits visitors interested in observing the most diverse estuary in North America and understanding the fragile balance of its ecosystem. Stuart, Florida is home to these wildlife tours.