Once out in the water you travel through beautiful sea weed and several types of fish. We booked this tour in a combo package with the Nautilus tour. The glass bottom boat has plenty of fresh air and is way cheaper. The Nautilus semi-submersible looks cool, but I heard that people get seasick feeling in there more often because it is an enclosed space without fresh air. If you don't want to spend that much, at least buy a handful for 25 cents at the dispensers on the pier before you go so you can at least feed them a little. I would recommend buying fish food on the boat (two bags for $5) because it is fun to feed them. There were tons of fish everywhere to look at. He also offered to take some pictures of us that turned out really good. He knew a lot about the fish and habitat, too which was cool. The captain was soooo nice and very entertaining. There was only one other couple on the boat, so we got to walk around freely and spend a lot of time up on deck with the captain feeding the fish. 30th so it was still nice weather there and was not crowded at all. It was worth every penny! We had so much fun. We bought tickets to a glass bottom boat ride for $17.50 each. The tour itself was interesting, but not something I would put on a 'must do' list. When I mentioned this at the ticket office on Catalina Island, I was told this was a 3rd party ticket agent, so my advice is to book your tickets any other way than on this this website. It took several phone calls, talking with rude supervisors, and way too much of my time to finally refund our money for the glass bottom boat portion of the tour. I pointed out that I had been billed for tour times to which I had not agreed and that would not work in our schedule, they were adamant there was nothing that could be done. When I called to straighten it out, I was told the times had been changed by the company, there was nothing they could do about it, and I had agreed to the 'no refunds' clause. When I went to print the e-tickets, the times were all messed up. I repeated my order to the person taking the order, she confirmed it verbally and then e-mailed me a receipt labeled 'Credit card purchase receipt' with the correct info. We do something special each year.We booked the Inland Adventure Tour and glass bottom boat tour combo through this website and they were a nightmare. It ruined the well planned day celebrating my husbands 5th anniversary of his heart transplant. Then when you call TripAdvisor/ Viator to say this has happened they tell you the tour is non refundable.

This needs to be stated very clearly and in bold black lettering on Trip Advisor /Viator. (1:30 and 3:30) to accommodate ferry risers.

The tour provider knows this and the only statement she made was “my brother leaves at exactly 11:00am.” The tour provider is very clearly aware that this is the ferry time and makes no effort for the ferry riders to back the tour off by 1/2 hour permanently. The tour leaves directly as the ferry arrives so the people who have booked don't have time to make it and lose their money because they did not know this. Seems to cater to the rich staying on the island. The island tour was not completed because people coming over for the day are not considered. Luckily, we were able to get in the next time slot. As tourists how were we supposed to know the protocol. The ticket booth person also didn’t give clear instructions how this works either, until i went and told him what happened that was when he said we were supposed to walk down the ramp and get in without waiting. So we missed it and watched them leave the pier. My dad and i were scheduled to take the 2:15 pm tour and we were there at 2:13 right by the rope waiting to be told to get on but we were not spoken to, the worker looked right at us but never asked if we were getting on. Cons: they are not communicative on when to get into the sub. you can hope that your neighbors paid to catch a pic or video. If you want to opt out, you will be able to see fish just not as many. You do have to pay for this feature though so bring cash. They have music playing while youre in the water, i wasn’t expecting to interact with the fish on this tour but we were able to pay to feed the fishes, it was awesome to see them all swim to get some lunch. The tour guide was nice and gave fun facts. We also saw garibaldi fish which is a bright orange color. I was able to spot jellyfish as we were making our way to the fishes.

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