Crystal River Watersports offers immersive tours to explore the Nature Coast. Visitors can enjoy a relaxing yet thrilling experience swimming with manatees in small groups. The company is one of the few Save the Manatee Club's Guardian Guide tours, conducting Manatee Swims in the Crystal River Wildlife Refuge, Three Sisters Springs, King's Bay Spring, Hunter Springs Park, and Jurassic Spring throughout the year.
Crystal River Watersports also offers private scalloping charters in season, as well as guided SCUBA and Snorkel tours of Rainbow River and other local springs. Visitors can embrace their inner "MERsonality" and become a Mermaid or Merman. The company is a full-service dive center, providing all necessary equipment. Customers can book with confidence, as the business offers 100% refunds up to 72 hours prior to the scheduled activity.
Reviewers praise the knowledgeable, patient, and fun guides who make the experience unforgettable. Customers have had incredible manatee snorkel trips, with the guides spotting the animals quickly and ensuring a memorable adventure.
Excellent tour! Captain Juan was very knowledgeable and navigated the river well,especially with the wind and low tide. Dakota was a comforting quite and added extra information to any questions that we had. Great company!
October 2026
The shop and the team were absolutely fantastic! We dove with Jason and had one of the most unique dives ever. He knew all the places to go to make the dive phenomenal, and the shop was so gracious with timing, instructions, and equipment! Hope to come back and dive again soon!
October 2026
Was a great dive, our guide was very knowledgeable of the area and informed us of the locations we were going as we passed on the boat. Definitely going again
