The quality of your vacation experience is what's important to us at Osprey Cruises. With six boats, we offer you and your family choices that range from Deep Sea and Bay fishing excursions and sightseeing nature cruises to Pirate Adventure cruises. Something for everyone! If you're looking for fun on the water, you'll find it here.
Join us at Jim's Pier on South Padre Island's fishing headquarters, a great shaded patio where you can watch the daily catches as they come in! Imagine a sunset cruise on our passenger yacht Osprey for your wedding, corporate meeting, birthday party, or other special occasion. We'll help you make it magical.
Join us at Jim's Pier on South Padre Island's fishing headquarters, a great shaded patio where you can watch the daily catches as they come in! Imagine a sunset cruise on our passenger yacht Osprey for your wedding, corporate meeting, birthday party, or other special occasion. We'll help you make it magical.
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Since 1976, we've been offering visitors to the Texas Gulf Coast a comprehensive range of water-based activities and attractions that provide the absolute best cruises. Whether it be deep sea or bay fishing, dolphin watches or pirate ship cruises, we promise your family will leave with a smile! We also operate gift shops at both Pier 19 on South Padre and Pirate's Landing in Port Isabel.
Call us to send a gift certificate or start the process by completing our gift certificate form. We'll call you to secure payment and promptly send your gift. Keep up with the fun as we publish photos and updates from our daily adventures. Whether you're on vacation or live nearby, we have something new for you to enjoy on one of our cruises.
Enjoy a beautiful sunset on our dinner cruise with locally caught seafood aboard the first class Osprey Luxury Sightseeing Cruise. We serve shrimp skewers, bacon-wrapped shrimp, sirloin steak, chicken kebabs, with seasonal fresh fruit and vegetables. A Sea Life Safari Cruise takes you on a nature cruise to remember.
Phil Calo, our General Manager and Events Coordinator, specializes in private group entertainment. He works with you throughout the process and provides additional services. Phil has worked closely with the Hotels, Motels and Restaurants on South Padre Island and in Port Isabel. As part of our service, assists as a consultant and negotiates on your behalf as requested.
Enjoy a seafood-steak casual dinner aboard the Osprey catered by Karla's Katering. We serve fresh shrimp skewers, sirloin steak kebabs, chicken kebabs, Karla's Kandied Jalapeno cheese dip with crackers and seasonal fruit and vegetables. Saturdays only by reservation. The Osprey passenger yacht is our newest attraction, and we intend to provide you with the best service on the Gulf of Mexico.
Reviews (23)
Michelle S.
Dec 30, 2021
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Very disappointed that the cruise we bought tickets for 1.5 months ago was canceled the day prior. We were first old that there "was no sunset dolphin cruise on that day." If that's the case, why has it been on the calendar and why weren't we informed sooner? They offered to put us on a completely different daytime cruise today, but we had our hearts set on the sunset dolphin cruise for New Year's Eve. Now, the day before NYE, everything is booked up and we now have no plans. Thanks, Osprey Cruises.
Stacy Bruss
Dec 20, 2021
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Really enjoyed the eco dolphin tour. They had wonderful descriptions of the geography and history of the area, and had lots of fun watching the dolphins play. The negatives were: they have a part where they pull up a net of local sea creatures, but the space was awkward for everyone to hear and see the creatures, and our boat was less than half full. I couldn't imagine a full boat trying to do this. Another negative: they didn't talk at all about the birds we were seeing, and I thought that was part of the tour.
Keay A.
Nov 12, 2021
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James Sutton
Oct 23, 2021
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Eileen
Sep 23, 2021
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S. L.
Jul 15, 2021
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Michael Rhodes
Jul 14, 2021
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We took the kids out for the eco tour, they had a blast!!! They drug a net and pulled up some sea life, the kids were amazed at what came up! the Young man giving the eco experience was pretty knowledgeable of what animals he was showing, he was a youngster too!!! Captain Patrick was very cool, Pork Chop a great hand as well as the lady on deck too. a really enjoyable experience!! check em out!!
Emily A. Wilson
Jul 04, 2021
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I had such a great time the crew was amazing and so friendly. I did the bay fishing and they helped me so much and gave me a special bait so I would catch more fish. The time went by really quick because I was having a good time. They were so responsive and quick when you caught a fish and took it off for you or let you take a picture with it if you wanted. I asked one of the deck hands if he would teach me how to gut a fish and he taught me which was super nice of him I think his name was Gilbert that taught me. He even let me do one on my own. Cool guy. 100/10 recommend. The only complaint is
Tina L.
Jun 22, 2021
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Krystal P.
Jun 10, 2021
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This charter has definitely upgraded. My family and I have done this charter ( fishing and dolphin watch) for the last six years and we keep coming back. We went again on Tuesday for the firework show and noticed they enhanced it by adding a lounge with a snack bar and full service bar! Felicia and her crew were amazing along with the deck crew! The service was outstanding and had such a happy positive energy.. we will definitely keep coming back!
Madhu Z.
May 31, 2021
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Virginia S.
Apr 16, 2021
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Rachel J.
Apr 11, 2021
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M. V.
Apr 07, 2021
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Took the sea life and dolphin eco cruise with the family (husband, 11 yo, 6 yo). Staff was friendly and fun. Net off the back brought up a butterfly stingray, starfish, shrimp, and many other bait fish. Staff was very informative about the sea life and full of energy. Many different pods of dolphins. Great day overall. Would recommend!
Chelsea Yost
Mar 30, 2021
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We had a fantastic experience doing the sunset dolphin cruise. We originally booked for a Wednesday, but got called the day before to let us know they would be canceling due to high winds. We were moved to Friday, which worked out great since we had friends arriving Thursday. We were able to add guests, no problem. The crew was wonderful, fun, funny, and knowledgeable. Plenty of room on board - never felt crowded and had a great views at all times. We lucked out and had a gorgeous sunset after several days of clouds, and saw plenty of dolphins (and a pirate ship - oh, my!) Would highly recommend
Stephanie G.
Mar 19, 2021
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Julie Marburger
Feb 14, 2021
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My husband and I went on the Dolphin/Eco Tour and had a wonderful time. We saw a lot of dolphins and beautiful birds, and we loved hearing a little trivia and history of the area. The crew was friendly and worked hard to make it safe and enjoyable. There were kids on board that were so excited to see the dolphins and take selfies in the bow of the ship. This would be a fun activity for families, couples, or anyone who loves nature. Prices were great as well.
Herica D.
Oct 12, 2020
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We were on the island and we wanted to go to the pier but we had to dine in order to get on the pier so we were walking away and saw these boats. Booking online or via Facebook was super easy. We left on time and the captain was very thorough with instructions, even gave us a tip. Short trip to the bay and we dropped our rods. One side of the boat was catching left and right, the other side was not so lucky. The trip was good but when someone asked about maybe moving spot, the employee showed her all the fish being caught on the other side and said "there are fish" but the side that was
Tony M.
Sep 23, 2020
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My friends and I booked a trip online with this business. As one other reviewer said the launch point is at a restaurant at the end of a camping ground so don't be thrown off by the venue. The very nice thing about this outfit is that they supply everything needed, rod, reel, tackle and bait.
All you need to have with you is a fishing license and a soft cooler with any drinks or snacks you wish to bring aboard. It is also recommended you bring a stringer or something in which to keep fish, if you plan to take some home with you. Also, after the trip, you can have them clean and fillet
All you need to have with you is a fishing license and a soft cooler with any drinks or snacks you wish to bring aboard. It is also recommended you bring a stringer or something in which to keep fish, if you plan to take some home with you. Also, after the trip, you can have them clean and fillet
Ron D.
Aug 13, 2020
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I highly recommend! Had a most excellent fishing trip on the Buccaneer this week out of Port Isabelle. Only a 5 min drive from Condo on S. Padre Island. Boat was in excellent shape, crew was very fun, and moved around until we found fish. There was only a small group on board fishing which made it nice. We caught 2 stringer full of Sand Trout and Whiting. Captain cleaned them for us and our take-home was over 4 pounds of filets after the split! Go fishing with these guys!
Jessie C.
Jul 11, 2020
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We took a sunset cruise tonight after the islands Friday night fireworks were cancelled, the cruise line was generous enough to refund us the difference. We sailed with captain Chris and his friendly crew and had the best time! We basically had the front of the boat to ourselves and the view was gorgeous! I'm sure any tours with this company are a great time! Highly recommend if your looking for an activity on SPI.
The L.
Feb 27, 2020
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Here's what ticks me off. Preform maintenance on your boat at the dock, not on the water during the time we are supposed to be fishing.
We were out on the jetty and found the sheepheads. Captain Evan wanted to get closer to the jetty, so he tried to pull up anchor, but nope. It's jammed in the wheel. So the hand pulled the anchor and we moved into the bay to sit and fish for whitting. Basically they sat out from the dock to work on their garbage junk boat.
About 1 hour of fishing for a "3 hour" fishing trip.
Murphy's down the road is way better.
We were out on the jetty and found the sheepheads. Captain Evan wanted to get closer to the jetty, so he tried to pull up anchor, but nope. It's jammed in the wheel. So the hand pulled the anchor and we moved into the bay to sit and fish for whitting. Basically they sat out from the dock to work on their garbage junk boat.
About 1 hour of fishing for a "3 hour" fishing trip.
Murphy's down the road is way better.
Jason D.
Mar 28, 2019
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Did the afternoon Bay King fishing trip. Great crew that took us to a good spot for active fishing. Caught a couple sheepshead then the crew spotted some Jack Crevalle, hooked them and passed the rods to passengers to bring in. You could tell they knew fishing and helped everyone enjoy. Would definitely do again!
Several passengers got seasick...waves, ya know?...so they moved us to a calmer area. Didnt catch anything there but did get to see dolphins...first that day for me...some people saw a group on the way out.
Several passengers got seasick...waves, ya know?...so they moved us to a calmer area. Didnt catch anything there but did get to see dolphins...first that day for me...some people saw a group on the way out.
