Boats open the oceans to exploration just as airplanes allow for navigation of the stratosphere, and blimps let passengers time-travel to the 1930s. Explore new frontiers with today’s Groupon from The Tropics Boat Tours in Clearwater. Choose from the following options:

• For $8, you get one child’s ticket to a Dolphin Exploration tour or Sunset Celebration cruise (up to an $18 value). Children aged 3 or younger are admitted for free.
• For $15, you get one adult ticket to a Dolphin Exploration tour or Sunset Celebration cruise (up to a $32 value).<p>

The Tropics Boat Tours ferry aquasplorers aboard a double-decker luxury catamaran, navigating the intracoastal waterway alongside dolphins and sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico. The Dolphin Exploration tour spans two hours as guests sail through Clearwater Pass to the Gulf, charting a course among frolicking pods of bottlenose dolphins and marooned land sharks. Ocean-goers can sip complimentary beer, wine, and soft drinks while catching sun on the catamaran’s open-air upper deck or relaxing in the shade of the lower level. As the vessel romps through the surf, children can listen in awe to stories from Tommy the Turtle as the captain points out celebrity mansions, natural wonders, and seabirds attempting to earn lifeguarding certificates.

The Sunset Celebration cruise glides to the Gulf as the sun kisses the horizon, turning the waters a sparkling, blushing orange. For two hours, guests lounge on the dusky desks, drinking complimentary beer and wine and clinking glasses of champagne until the sun finally takes the hint and heads back to its room.

Though The Tropics Boat Tours sometimes features a discounted price online, this Groupon still offers the best deal available.

Our customers loved this deal last year, earning The Tropics Boat Tours a spot on Groupon’s Best of 2011 list.