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Spartina Charters offers a 2 hour tour operated by Owner and Marine Biologist, Captain Amber. A scientific explanation is waiting for your amazement.

27/04/2018

Need something to do this Saturday (4/28)? Capt. Amber is running a special ecology tour from the Port Royal Maritime Center (310 Okatie HYW) at 11am. Call 843-338-2716 to inquire. The weather has been awesome!

04/11/2017

This is Awesome! Pura Vida!!

06/04/2017

What could have been a rainy tour ended up being a sunny and eventful one! We were joined by several guests on our weekly trip hosted by Spartina Marine Education Charters and were fortunate enough to see several dolphins as well as a rare alligator sighting. Among the dolphins spotted were Lucky (USCB_0113) and her calf, Bo. Stumpy (USCB_0009), a frequently logged name in our catalog, also made his first appearance of 2017. He hasn't been photographed since August 2016, which might suggest that the migratory population is beginning to make their way to the lowcountry! Thank you to everyone who braved the storm clouds and joined us on our tour. If you have any questions or would like to donate to support our research, feel free to contact us or visit uscb.edu/montie.

Posted by Claire Mueller

15/03/2017

It was an unseasonably cold day on the May River today, but we were lucky to be accompanied by several guests on one of our partial surveys with Spartina Charters. It was the first tour of the year and we're excited to be back out on the water educating the public about what we do here in the lab. Today we saw 9 dolphins total with 2 mother/calf pairs. Thank you to everyone who braved the cold to join us today and to everyone who follows our page!

Posted by Claire Mueller

14/11/2016

Today was our first day back on the water after a very eventful month. Hurricane Matthew unfortunately delayed our surveys and it took us a while to get back on the May to check on the dolphins. We had a great sighting this day with ten individuals spotted! Several were already in our catalog, which was to be expected since it should be mainly the residential population that is inhabiting the May's waters. However, there were a couple of individuals who we did not have in the catalog, so it was an exciting day for sure! Thank you so much to the lovely ladies to accompanied us on our trip and thank you to all of our followers who keep up with our posts! We hope that everyone is recovering well from the hurricane and doing well.
We have several dolphins that are still up for adoption. If you are interested in adopting one of our dolphins, please don't hesitate to contact us through this page or through our email ([email protected]).

23/09/2016

This gloomy day was made better by the 16 dolphins our tour was fortunate enough to witness traveling through the May River. We were able to identify six dolphins out of the sixteen and all of them were already logged in our catalog: Laylo, Gale, Dragon, Cher, Moby, and Charlotte. If you're interested in adopting one of these dolphins, you can contact the lab through the USCB Adopt-a-Dolphin page. Thank you so much to our guests who participated in the tour with us today and to all of you who follow our posts! Check back next week for some more photos and updates on the tours.

16/09/2016

What an odd day for the Dolphin Research Cruise! WIth an extremely high tide because of the full moon, the dolphins were in super stealth mode. We only had one sighting and had to go back in a hidden creek to find them! This sighting thankfully was exciting though with lots of playful dolphins and some even leaping out of the water. We saw 7 animals and were able to ID two of them for sure. These animals were Mabel (USCB_0131) and NIke (USCB_0029). We have previous photographs of the discolored dorsal fin but the animal isn't in the catalog yet because we are waiting for the dorsal to completely heal since it may change. Even though we didn't see many animals today, we still had an entertaining tour full of lots of questions and interested patrons! Thanks for coming out with us today :)

12/09/2016

On Saturday we had 10 people join us on our weekend Dolphin Research Cruise taking photos on the May River. We saw a total of 23 dolphins and were able to identify 9 of them. Of those identified, we saw Bic, Bic's calf, Lucky, Lucky's calf (Bo), Cher, C**t, Geode, and two animals that still need names. We also saw a lot of really cool birds, like a large group of pelicans and a few ospreys. Our group was extremely interested in the fish sounds this week which is always exciting since the dolphins aren't just here to see our shining faces! These animals rely heavily on the fish in these productive waters and the lab's acoustic data continues to provide information on how well these stocks are doing. Check back in later this week to see more pictures from our trip on Wednesday!

24/08/2016

Today's tour was entertaining and full of frisky dolphins! The dolphins from the first few sightings weren't too interested in having their photo taken, but the last sighting we had was with 4 different dolphins who were socializing and mating. They were very patient and allowed us to get very close, swimming under the boat and popping up every once in a while to take a peek at us.
After running the dorsal fins through the Darwin software program we discussed on the tour, we were able to identify many dolphins including Stumpy, Dragon, and Wenatchee. A couple of the dolphins that we identified had not yet been added to the catalog, so we were able to make two new entries from today's survey! Welcome to the USCB catalog Cheetoe and Brooklyn!
There were a couple of dolphins that we identified today that were already in the catalog but do not have names (USCB_0156 and USCB_0157). If you would like to adopt one of these dolphins and give them a name, please don't hesitate to contact the USCB Adopt-a-Dolphin program so we can match you with your dolphin friend! Thank you all for your continued support and be sure to check back with us next week for some more pictures!

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29910

Opening Hours

Tuesday	07:00 - 20:00
Wednesday	07:00 - 20:00
Thursday	07:00 - 20:00
Friday	07:00 - 20:00
Saturday	07:00 - 20:00

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http://www.spartinacharters.com/

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