Booking Now! 2025 Scalloping Season July 1 - September 24
Scalloping
What is Scalloping?
When is Scalloping Season?
When is Scalloping Season?
Every year, people from all over come to Crystal River to partake in the infamous "Underwater Easter Egg Hunt". Floating across the top of the water's surface, swimmers scan the grass flats for an illuminating row of "blue eyes" along the scallop shell. Scalloping is a fun event everyone in the family can enjoy.
When is Scalloping Season?
When is Scalloping Season?
When is Scalloping Season?
Scalloping season begins July 1 through September 24 and is a great way to spend a family day on the water! Crystal River is one of the most popular destinations in Florida for recreational scalloping. It has become a summer tradition for many families.
Who can Scallop?
When is Scalloping Season?
How long are scalloping trips?
All ages and experience levels are welcome but you have to be able to swim! It is a great opportunity to spend a fun day in Crystal River, Florida hunting for bay scallops with friends and family in crystal clear water. Scalloping is typically done in 4 - 8 feet of water with mask, snorkel and fins.
How long are scalloping trips?
Scalloping & Fishing Trips Available?
How long are scalloping trips?
Half day scalloping trips are 4 hours. Full day scalloping trips are 6 hours. Half day scalloping and half day of fishing trips are 7 hours.
Scalloping & Fishing Trips Available?
Scalloping & Fishing Trips Available?
Scalloping & Fishing Trips Available?
Yes! Enjoy a full day out on the Gulf of Mexico with a 1/2 day scalloping and a 1/2 day of fishing. Bring home fresh bay scallops and fish to eat or enjoy a local restaurant that "cooks your catch" in the Crystal River and Yankeetown areas.
What will I See?
Scalloping & Fishing Trips Available?
Scalloping & Fishing Trips Available?
Sometimes you may see manatees, dolphins, pink flamingos, turtles, bald Eagles, osprey, pelicans, and other bird species along. While scalloping you may see shallow water reefs with sponges, fish, starfish, seahorses, stone crabs, conchs, sea turtles, and octopus.
Scalloping Tours
Half Day Scalloping Trip
$500
Basic Package. 4 Hours.
Max 6 guests. Water & ice included.
Sanitized snorkel & mask provided.
Full Day Scalloping/Fishing Trip
$700
7 Hours.
Max 6 guests. Water & ice included.
Sanitized snorkel & mask provided.
Quality fishing gear & license provided for scalloping.
Enjoy your private half or full day scalloping trip with Captain Katie Jo. Half day fishing and half day scalloping trips available! Feel free to bring your own snorkel, mask and fins.
CRYSTAL RIVER TOURS
Enjoy Your Private Crystal River EcoTour
Crystal River offers Kings Bay, which is fed by springs, is home to the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, sheltering manatees year-round. On the river tour, enjoy seeing the wildlife both in the water and out of the water to include our year-round resident manatees. Enjoy a ride out to the Gulf of Mexico and witness dolphins feeding on and chasing mullet.
No need to rent a boat! Book a trip with Captain Katie Jo and enjoy a relaxing day on the water. With multiple places to eat lunch around King's Bay, enjoy a boat ride to lunch with your friends and family while viewing the Nature Coast of Florida. Another idea, pack a lunch and enjoy it on one of the beautiful islands located on the Gulf of Mexico.
EcoTour Pricing
Crystal River EcoTour
3 Hours
$300 - Up to 6 people
RAINBOW RIVER tours
Enjoy Your Private Rainbow River EcoTour
The Rainbow River offers amazing picturesque views of Florida. The river tour displays extraordinarily clear, offering a window into a diverse aquatic habitat. The flow of the spring is the fourth highest among all the springs in Florida.
The cool, clear waters of the natural, spring fed springs are incredibly refreshing to swim in. The average depth in the natural swimming area runs from 5 to 18 feet, and the water temperature averages 72 degrees year-round. Underwater, swimmers can see turtles, fish and forests of aquatic grass that provide food and habitat for many of the creatures that live here.
The clear blue waters of Rainbow Springs have attracted humans and wildlife for a long time. Artifacts like pottery and tools have shown that Native Americans began visiting the spring over 10,000 years ago.
No need to rent a boat! Book a trip with Captain Katie Jo and enjoy a relaxing day on the river swimming and snorkeling in the crystal clear freshwater.
SUNSET TOURS
Enjoy Your Private Sunset Tour
Dolphins, Eagles and Alligators... oh my!
Enjoy a relaxing, evening river tour with Captain Katie Jo while watching the beautiful Florida Nature Coast Sunset!
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