Half-Day Pontoon
4 hours · see live availability
Four hours on the water — long enough to cruise to Disappearing Island, drop the anchor, swim, eat, and cruise back. The most-booked slot, especially mornings.
Reserve this slot →The reason you're really here
Disappearing Island.
At low tide, a sandbar surfaces in the middle of Ponce Inlet — a quarter-mile stretch of warm shallow water surrounded by waist-deep flats. Anchor the pontoon, hop off the side, throw down a towel. You can't get there without a boat, which is exactly why everyone wants one.
The sandbar
Park the pontoon, drop the anchor, walk around in shin-deep water. Most groups spend two or three hours just here. Bring a cooler — there's no concession stand.
The lighthouse, from the water
The same red-painted lighthouse the jet ski tours circle. From a pontoon you can take your time photographing it from the inlet — and it's right there as soon as you leave the dock.
Dolphins + manatees
The intracoastal here is a wildlife corridor. Cut the engine, let the boat drift, and you'll usually see dolphins inside the first hour. Manatees winter in the warmer shallows.
The fleet
Pick how long you want it.
All three options use the same 22-foot pontoon — Bimini top for shade, Bluetooth stereo, anchor, ladder, life jackets for everyone. Up to 10 guests. Pick the duration that fits your day.
Most-booked
Full-Day Pontoon
8 hours · see live availability
Eight hours — the right call when you have a bigger group, two coolers worth of food, and want to take your time at multiple sandbars. Sunset comes free.
Reserve this slot →Sunset Cruise
2 hours · see live availability
Two hours, late afternoon. Smaller window, the best light, the quietest water of the day. Worth it just for the photos.
Reserve this slot →Where we launch
4958 S Peninsula Dr.
We're on the peninsula in Ponce Inlet — about ten minutes south of Daytona Beach Shores, fifteen from Daytona proper, twenty from New Smyrna Beach. Easy parking, easy check-in. Show up 30 minutes before your slot for paperwork and the safety brief.
Who can drive
21+ to operate.
Operator must be at least 21 and able to present a valid driver's license. Children of any age can ride along — life vests are required for kids under 6 and available for everyone else. You don't need to be a strong swimmer — every guest under 6 wears a life vest at all times, and life vests are on the boat for everyone.
Florida requires a Boating Safety ID Card for anyone born after Jan 1, 1988 to operate a boat over 10HP. We can walk you through the online course at check-in if needed — it takes about 30 minutes.
What you should know
Show up 30 minutes early.
We'll do paperwork, the safety brief, and walk you through the controls before you push off. Fuel is included in the price of the rental. Each hour beyond your booked slot is $75.
The rental area covers Ponce Inlet and New Smyrna Beach — Disappearing Island, the Halifax River, and the calm intracoastal flats. Rental boats are not allowed in the ocean.
Make a day of it
What's nearby.
We're a few minutes from most of what makes Ponce Inlet worth the drive in the first place.
Ponce Inlet Lighthouse
The tallest lighthouse in Florida, with a 203-step climb. Worth it before or after your rental.
Marine Science Center
Sea turtle hospital + bird rehab on the lighthouse grounds — small, free, surprisingly good.
Down the Hatch
The seafood dock-bar everyone ends up at. Walking distance from us.
New Smyrna Beach
Twenty minutes south. Quieter beach town, surf-shop coffee, top-rated breakers.
What guests say
One of the best things to do in Ponce Inlet.
★★★★★
“The pontoon was clean and powerful — the staff walked us through everything and we were on the water in twenty minutes. Best day of our trip.”
★★★★★
“We took the kids out to Disappearing Island. They didn't want to come back. Worth every dollar of the full-day. Will book again.”
★★★★★
“Booked the sunset cruise on a whim. Watching the sky go pink over the lighthouse from our own boat — that's the photo you remember the trip by.”
Lock in a date.
Pontoons book out fast on weekends and during NASCAR / Bike Week — pick a slot before someone else does.