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🌊 Hilton Head Dolphin & Skiff Tours with Island Skiff Adventure Tours

When you join Island Skiff Adventure Tours, you’ll experience dolphins and coastal wildlife in their natural Lowcountry habitat. While wildlife is always unpredictable, our experienced guides use years of knowledge and observation to track dolphin behavior and seasonal patterns. This ensures that every trip on our Hilton Head dolphin tours is a unique and memorable adventure.

Our tours are designed to bring you closer to nature. Whether you’re gliding across the water on a Hilton Head skiff tour, enjoying the thrill of a 2-person catamaran tour, or exploring the creeks on a mini boat eco tour, you’ll get an up-close look at dolphins, seabirds, and the beauty of Hilton Head Island’s waterways.

🌙 Understanding Hilton Head Tides

One important element of nature that affects our eco tours is the tide cycle. Tides are long waves that move across the ocean, created mainly by the gravitational pull of the moon and influenced by the sun and coastal geography. Even though our tours do not venture into the open ocean, Hilton Head’s creeks and inlets are shaped daily by the rising and falling tides.

Here in the South Carolina Lowcountry, the tide changes twice each day, meaning we see two high tides and two low tides in roughly 24 hours and 50 minutes. Because the moon is moving as the Earth rotates, a tidal day is almost an hour longer than a solar day.

• 🌊 High Tide: Happens about every 12 hours and 25 minutes.

• 🌊 Low Tide: Arrives in between, with each change (high to low or low to high) taking about 6 hours and 12 minutes.

• 📏 Tidal Range: Water levels in Hilton Head often shift 6 to 8 feet between high and low tide.

These tidal shifts create different tour experiences:

• High Tide Tours – Perfect for exploring backwater creeks that fill with water, offering a smooth ride and wider paths.

• Low Tide Tours – Reveal oyster beds, mudflats, and feeding grounds where dolphins and shorebirds hunt for food.

• Mid Tide Tours – A balanced mix, with water movement creating more wildlife activity.

🐬 Plan Your Adventure

Because Hilton Head’s tide schedules are predictable years in advance, you can choose the type of experience you’d like when booking your tour. Want to see dolphins strand feeding at low tide? Or prefer the smooth ride of a high tide exploration? Just check the tide chart before reserving your spot.

At Island Skiff Adventure Tours, every trip is an opportunity to explore Hilton Head’s natural beauty—whether you’re interested in a dolphin tour, eco tour, skiff ride, or 2-person catamaran adventure.

Book your tour today and see why exploring Hilton Head by water is an unforgettable experience.