Worked examples
Updated
Each of these is a fixed set of answers, written once, run through the same engine you would use yourself. The results on those pages are generated, not composed — nobody chose which activities appear or in what order. If the rules change, every page below changes with them, which is the point of publishing them at all.
Parents of a child too young to be reasoned with, on their first trip here.
The constraint is not the water. It is attention span, nap timing and how easily you can stop.
Strong fit: Dolphin cruises, Sunset cruises; Worth considering: Crab Island
Families whose children are old enough to want a say and to handle a demanding morning.
Almost nothing is ruled out by capability, so the decision turns on what the group will actually enjoy rather than what it can manage.
Strong fit: Fishing charters, Snorkeling; Worth considering: Crab Island, Dolphin cruises, Pontoon rentals, Private boat charters, Sunset cruises
Two people with one free evening and no interest in spending the whole day on it.
One evening, two people, and per-boat pricing working against you. The shape of the group matters more here than any preference.
Strong fit: Dolphin cruises, Sunset cruises; Worth considering: Crab Island
Groups where grandparents and small children are on the same boat.
The hardest planning problem here: the day has to work for the oldest and the youngest person at once, and neither can be the one who compromises.
Strong fit: Dolphin cruises, Pontoon rentals, Private boat charters, Sunset cruises; Worth considering: Crab Island
A group of adults for whom the fishing is the trip, not part of it.
One answer does most of the work here, and it is worth seeing how much.
Strong fit: Fishing charters; Worth considering: Private boat charters
Groups who want the water without wanting to be in it over their heads.
Being able to swim and being comfortable with your face in open water are different things, and the second one is what decides this.
Strong fit: Dolphin cruises; Worth considering: Crab Island, Pontoon rentals, Sunset cruises
Anyone travelling with a person who already knows boats do not agree with them.
The most common way a good booking becomes a bad morning, and the one most people discover too late to do anything about.
Strong fit: Dolphin cruises, Private boat charters; Worth considering: Crab Island, Pontoon rentals, Snorkeling, Sunset cruises
Day trippers and anyone whose schedule allows exactly one attempt.
A single day removes your only real defence against conditions, which changes the answer more than most people expect.
Strong fit: Dolphin cruises; Worth considering: Crab Island, Pontoon rentals, Sunset cruises
Groups arranging a day around a wheelchair user or a transfer.
We do not assess whether anything is safe or suitable for anyone. What we can do is tell you where the difficulty usually sits and turn it into questions worth asking before you pay.
Strong fit: Dolphin cruises, Sunset cruises
Anyone booking into a week where the weather is already looking uncertain.
Flexibility is worth more than money on the trips that depend on conditions. Without it, the shortlist is genuinely different.
Strong fit: Dolphin cruises, Sunset cruises; Worth considering: Crab Island
Families making one activity budget cover a whole week.
We publish no prices, so this is about structure: which formats have a genuinely cheaper version and which do not.
Strong fit: Dolphin cruises, Sunset cruises; Worth considering: Crab Island, Snorkeling
Groups big enough that a whole boat divided between them is not extravagant.
Per-boat pricing punishes a couple and rewards a group. This is the one answer that flips several categories at once.
Strong fit: Pontoon rentals, Private boat charters, Snorkeling; Worth considering: Crab Island, Dolphin cruises, Sunset cruises
Big mixed groups who want everyone in the same shallow water at the same time.
A group with nothing in common — different ages, different confidence, different tolerance for being organised. That combination rules out more than it looks like it should.
Strong fit: Crab Island, Pontoon rentals, Sunset cruises; Worth considering: Dolphin cruises