Spend a full day at Dry Tortugas National Park — privately, on your own boat, without the ferry crowds. Aboard Colorado Blue, a fast, comfortable 32-foot Intrepid with twin 300 HP Yamahas, Captain Eric takes up to six guests 70 miles west of Key West to Fort Jefferson and some of the clearest, most productive water in the Keys.

This is a private charter built around your group. Explore historic Fort Jefferson, snorkel real reefs and shipwrecks, swim in crystal-clear water, and fish the crossing for snapper, grouper, mahi, and more along the way. Because it's private, there's no rigid schedule — we build the day around what you want to do, whether that's fishing, snorkeling, history, or all three.

Nobody knows this stretch of water better. Captain Eric has spent his career running between Key West and the Dry Tortugas — including years on the Dry Tortugas National Park ferry, which he still captains on Fridays. When you book with us, you're in expert, local hands from the moment you leave the dock.

The trip runs up to about 10 hours, and the pace is yours — just keep in mind it's roughly a two-hour run each way. We depart Hurricane Hole Marina on Stock Island at 7:00 AM. All equipment and permits needed for the day are included; just bring sunscreen, a hat, a towel, food and drinks, and a light layer (it's not unusual to catch some ocean spray on the run out).

Trips run weather permitting. On the occasional day conditions don't cooperate, we're happy to give you a rain check for your next visit or pivot to a full-day local charter around Key West — sandbars, fishing, and snorkeling around the Keys.

If you want to experience the Dry Tortugas the private way, with the fort and the reefs nearly to yourselves, this is the trip. Laid back is the only way to do Key West.