Alcúdia Sunrise Dolphin Watching by Speedboat

About This Experience

JetFun sells this as a sunrise trip and means it: the 7am departure is usually set for about half an hour before the sun actually comes up, and the confirmation with the exact time lands in your inbox the evening before. Check it.

The boat is a twelve-seat speedboat out of Alcudiamar, gate 5. Thirty minutes of running gets you across flat early-morning water to the grounds, and the operator commits to thirty minutes in the dolphins' company once there. The captain plays soft music while the boat sits with them, which sounds like a gimmick and which guests mention again and again.

The captain takes photographs and video during the encounter and shares them afterwards, so nobody spends the half-hour watching through a phone screen.

After the dolphins the boat carries on along the northern coast, into sea caves and past the cliffs of the Coll Baix reserve. There is no swimming stop on this trip — that is explicitly excluded — so if getting in the water matters to you, one of the Can Picafort boats is the better booking.

Highlights

• Leave Alcudiamar about half an hour before sunrise on a twelve-seat speedboat
• Spend 30 minutes alongside the dolphins, guaranteed by the operator
• Sit with the engine off and soft music playing while the pod works around the boat
• Take home photographs and video shot by the captain during the encounter
• Run the northern coastline into sea caves afterwards
• See the cliffs and untouched shore of the Coll Baix reserve from the water

What's Included

• ✓ Small-group speedboat with a maximum of 12 people
• ✓ Captain
• ✓ 30 minutes with the dolphins, guaranteed by the operator
• ✓ Photographs and video taken by the captain
• ✓ Sea cave visit along the north coast
• ✓ Coll Baix reserve viewed from the water
• ✓ Fuel and taxes

Not Included

• Swimming stops — this trip does not stop to swim
• Food and drinks
• Hotel pickup and drop-off

What to Bring

• Warm clothing
• A jacket
• Sunglasses
• Sunscreen
• A camera, though the captain shoots the encounter for you

Good to Know & Caveats

• The 7am sunrise departure is usually set about 30 minutes before sunrise; the exact time is confirmed by email the evening before, so check your inbox.
• There is no swim stop on this trip — it is excluded from the listing.
• On windy mornings the time spent with the dolphins can fall short of the full thirty minutes.
• Meeting point is the JetFun gate at Alcudiamar, gate 5, Port d'Alcúdia.

Meeting Point

Alcudiamar Marina, Gate 5, 07400 Port d'Alcúdia, Illes Balears, Spain