My family is making another visit to Grayton in July. We have taken the guided tours and boat cruises on previous visits, but would like to rent a boat for a day this year. I would guess that a pontoon rental in Destin would be our best and maybe only option, but would like to know from others if there is a better option or where they would recommend renting from.
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Pontoon Boat rentals
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SGB
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It depends what you'd like to do while you have the pontoon boat. If you rent in Destin then you have the harbor, crab island, the bay and the bay side of Okaloosa Island to explore and see the boat life and some party life. If you rent in Sandestin, you can relax out on the bay and explore a few bayous and bay coastline. If you rent in Panama City Beach you can go to Shell Island and explore the nature out there and collect the shells. I've never rented out of PCB, so can't expand more on that, but other people on the board might be able to.
If you decide you want to rent out of Destin, I can recommend Dockside Watersports at 850 428-3313.
If you decide you want to rent out of Destin, I can recommend Dockside Watersports at 850 428-3313.
As another option, check out Destin Vacation Boat Rentals . They have ski boats, fishing boats, pontoons, and waverunners. Don't know if you have a place to keep a boat, but they can deliver too. HTH!
seagrovegirl
Beach Fanatic
Another option would be to rent my 24' pontoon boat and it comes with Captain Swafia. You can explore the rivers, creeks, bayous and bay. Also boat to Destin and hit crab island and the restaurants and bars there. If you are interested, PM me and I will give you Capt. Swafia's number.
scooterbug44
SoWal Expert
I recently did a pontoon boat trip to Shell Island (PC) and found it to be WAY better than Crab Island (Destin).
If you want to anchor in shallow water and get your drunk on, and be close to restaurants/bars Crab Island is the place to be.
If you want to anchor at the shore, collect shells, dive for sand dollars, swim, and be in deeper water and in a quieter/more natural area Shell Island is the place to go.
Both are a lot of fun and give you the opportunity to see dolphins, fish, swim, etc. but Shell Island is much nicer IMO.
Can't really comment on price etc. as in both cases we were taking advantage of having a friend working at the rental place and it was off-season. ;-)
If you want to anchor in shallow water and get your drunk on, and be close to restaurants/bars Crab Island is the place to be.
If you want to anchor at the shore, collect shells, dive for sand dollars, swim, and be in deeper water and in a quieter/more natural area Shell Island is the place to go.
Both are a lot of fun and give you the opportunity to see dolphins, fish, swim, etc. but Shell Island is much nicer IMO.
Can't really comment on price etc. as in both cases we were taking advantage of having a friend working at the rental place and it was off-season. ;-)