Staff Answer
Jun 21, 2026 - 09:01 AM
There is no guarantee, but it happens often enough that I always tell people to keep looking down while they are in the air. The nice thing about parasailing is that you have a completely different view than you do from the boat. From several hundred feet up, you can sometimes spot dolphin pods before anyone else on the boat even notices them. They show up as dark shapes moving through the water, and on clear days you can actually watch them swimming together for quite a while. Some trips never see a single dolphin, while other trips might see several throughout the ride. It really depends on where the dolphins happen to be feeding that day since they are wild animals and follow the bait fish instead of staying in one area. I have seen dolphins swimming near the East Pass, along the beaches, and around boats just offshore, so there are plenty of opportunities. Even if they are not directly beneath you, there is a good chance you will spot them somewhere during the trip if you keep scanning the water. I always tell guests not to spend the whole flight trying to find dolphins because there is so much else to enjoy. Take in the beaches, look at the boats below, and enjoy the view of the coastline. Then if a pod of dolphins happens to swim through while you are up there, it just makes an already memorable experience even better.
