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Honest Eco Tours Sailing Catamaran

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A perfect platform for eco tours and private charters. With her open layout and unobstructed views of the surrounding sea and sky.

This sailing catamaran was built by my first boss in Key West, and many of the captains I admired when I was a mate used to sail her, including Joe Kitchell, the professional boat builder I partnered with to build SQUID.

With her open layout, this catamaran truly lets you feel like you’re out on the water, fully immersed in the experience—a fantastic choice for a Key West private catamaran charter.

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Cancellation Policy & Optional Trip Insurance For Eco Tours

(Does Not Apply to Private Charters)

We strive to make your booking experience as flexible and accommodating as possible. Understanding that plans can change, we offer a generous cancellation policy and optional trip insurance for when flexibility is paramount.

Cancellation Policy:

  • Free Cancellation up to 6 Days: You can cancel or reschedule your trip at no charge up to 6 days (144 hours) prior to the departure time.

  • Within 6 Days: We cannot allow cancellations or rescheduling within 6 days of your trip. This policy applies regardless of when the booking was made.

Optional Trip Insurance:

  • Added Flexibility: For added peace of mind, we offer optional cancellation insurance that can be added to your booking during purchase. This insurance allows you to cancel or reschedule your trip for any reason, right up to the moment of departure.

  • Rescheduling: If you choose to reschedule, this will be subject to availability, ensuring we can accommodate your new preferred time without impacting other guests.

We recommend considering our cancellation insurance to cover unexpected changes such as illness or other unforeseen events. This option provides you with flexibility and ensures that you can enjoy your experience with us without worry.

While our tours are designed to be inclusive, accommodating guests of all ages, the specific activities featured, such as snorkeling or kayaking, may vary in accessibility and physical demands.

  • Please note that entering the kayaks, or ocean for snorkeling require a degree of mobility to manage entry and exit.

For detailed information on the suitability of specific trip activities for different age groups and physical fitness levels, please read our blog post: Who Are Our Trip Activities Appropriate For? (Link to blog post)

Pets Policy

While we are dog lovers and understand the joy pets bring to families, we must prioritize the comfort and safety of all our guests as well as the preservation of our boats. Therefore, pets are not allowed on our regular eco tours due to the potential for increased wear and tear and because not all guests may be comfortable around animals.

Private Charters: For those who wish to bring their family pet on an adventure, we offer the option on private charters. You can include your pet for an additional fee of $75, ensuring that everyone in the family gets to enjoy the experience together.

Thank you for understanding our need to balance the interests of all our guests and the maintenance of our vessels.

BYOB Alcohol Guidelines:

  • Beer and Wine Welcome: Guests are welcome to bring beer or wine aboard for consumption after the tours activities. For safety and compliance with Coast Guard regulations, please present your beverages to the crew during boarding. Our crew will serve you to ensure both passenger safety and compliance with federal laws.

  • Glass and Hard Liquor: For the safety of all on board, we ask that you avoid bringing glass beer bottles. We also recommend avoiding hard liquor, as it can be challenging to monitor effects, especially in combination with heat and physical activity.

  • Consumption Monitoring: The crew reserves the right to restrict alcohol consumption to maintain a safe and family-friendly environment.

Smoking Policy:

  • No Smoking or Vaping: To ensure the health and comfort of all our passengers, smoking cigarettes, cigars, or vaping is not permitted during the tour.

  • Federal Regulations on Marijuana: Please note that despite state laws, as a federally regulated vessel, we must adhere to federal laws that prohibit the use of marijuana in any form aboard.

We appreciate your cooperation and understanding in helping us maintain a safe and enjoyable environment for everyone.

Punctuality

To ensure timely departures and respect for all our guests, please arrive at the boat and be ready to board 20 minutes prior to your scheduled departure time. Regrettably, we cannot delay departure for guests who arrive late and are unable to offer refunds or reschedule missed trips unless trip insurance was purchased.

Parking

Parking availability varies significantly depending on the time of year and time of day. During peak periods, such as holidays, finding parking can be particularly challenging. To avoid stress and ensure a relaxed start to your adventure, we recommend allowing ample time to park. The area around the dock is scenic and worth exploring, so arriving early offers the added bonus of potentially spotting fish or manatees!

Information on Parking

Traffic

Traffic in town is generally manageable, but if you’re traveling from Miami, be aware that delays are possible, especially if there’s an accident on US1. To mitigate potential delays, we highly recommend considering our optional trip insurance, which allows for last-minute changes to your plans without penalty, please review trip insurance, reschedules are based on availability.

Honest Eco Happiness Guarantee

At Honest Eco, we are committed to delivering exceptional eco-tour experiences. If you join one of our tours and feel that the experience did not meet your expectations in terms of crew performance, we offer a remedy to ensure your satisfaction.

Guarantee Details:

  • Eligibility: This guarantee applies only if you have participated in the entire tour. Please understand that we cannot extend this guarantee to guests who miss the boat.

  • Compensation: If your experience falls short, you can submit your request here, we will issue gift cards valid for a future tour. These gift cards are valid for five years, giving you plenty of time to plan your return visit.

  • Exclusions: Please note that this guarantee does not apply to private charters.

We strive to ensure every guest departs with great memories, and this guarantee is our promise of quality and commitment to your satisfaction.

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Mike Neujahr
20 August 2026
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Captain Smalls and First Mate Charlie were first class! Great reef snorkeling, sandbar swim, and sunset cruise aboard the Blu Q. Would highly recommend to anyone regardless of age!
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Diego Garces
21 June 2026
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What an excellent experience. We booked a snorkeling & sunset excursion on the BluQ. Captain Dan & Sav were so friendly and helpful. Highly recommended.
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James Murphy
25 May 2026
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Absolutely fabulous experience today kayaking a mango grove and snorkeling a reef. Both the captain and guide, Andrew and Clare, were knowledgeable, hospitable, and interesting people. The catamaran Blu Q was so cool. We were 2 of only 4 customers making for a personal touch. This was a relaxing and rewarding experience that I feel the bigger companies cant touch. I would recommend them to anyone 💯.
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Kim Tabor
26 March 2026
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Loved the dolphin watch and sunset sail tour aboard the sailing catamaran with Alexa and Jackie! We saw lots of dolphins and a gorgeous sunset! Everyone had a great time!
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M. Willman
28 November 2025
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I'm a local and have been out on the blu Q many times, but this was first Dolphin watch and Sunset cruise I've done with Honest Eco. It was far better than I expected. I'll be out with family again in a week !!
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Carter Nance
3 July 2025
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We had a great time with Andrew and Heather on the Blu Q Catamaran. This is not a party cruise - it's much better than that. If you like to travel, like good music, read books then this is the experience for you. They put us on a great reef with Tarpon, Rays, Hogfish, Jack Crevalle all passing through during our dive. Heather kept healthy food out and there was plenty of water available. We were able to spend a good amount of time on a sandbar post-snorkeling just hanging out taking in the elements and Andrew's playlist. It's BYOB so if you want a few beers by all means bring them. We enjoyed meeting all of the other guests - like-minded folks who were friendly and considerate of their surroundings. If we make it back to KW, we'll do it again.
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tricia noel
13 June 2025
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I’ve been on a few Key West boat tours and Honest Eco is my absolute favorite. Family owned and the staff is fantastic! Kailynn was amazing and such a great guide in snorkeling and kayaking. Blu Q was great. We got to tail along with the dolphin tour, Squid, and got to see some dolphins as well. Best day of the trip!
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Janice Gary
8 June 2025
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One of the best snorkeling and Sandbar experiences I’ve had on Key West boat trip - and I’m a local.. If you want a relaxing time, great captain and staff, fresh organic food, small group experience for a great price, book this trip. We took the sunset cruise for our anniversary on the Blu Q. They took us out to a great spot on the reef - saw lots of fish. Some trips will take you out to snorkel in very deep water, and you don’t get the same experience of the a close reef. Lucky me. I live here and I’ll be back to take this trip again.
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Jess Perry
2 June 2025
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Went on a snorkel, sandbar, and sunset cruise with Honest Eco Tours on the Blu Q catamaran. Our captain Dan was great and so were the two other crew members (I want to say Laura and Caitlin but I am 70% sure I am messing up those names). It was such a chill and amazing time and we saw so many fish at the reef and I even followed a sea turtle around while swimming!!! The snacks were perfect in my opinion (fresh fruit and veggies) and we saw the most amazing sunset on our way back to the dock. Would definitely go back out with Honest Eco!
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Laura Probyn
16 May 2025
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I have done other snorkel/sunset sail tours in the past. Honest Eco had, by far, the best pre-tour communication. Between email and texts, I felt very well informed about how to plan and what to expect. The crew on the Blu Q was excellent. They were professional and very personable. They made the experience fun! They explained where we were going and during the excursion they pointed out places and items of interest. They answered all of our questions and made sure all guests were comfortable. During the snorkel portion of the trip two crew members got in the water with us and helped with fish ID. Haddon alerted us to a nurse shark (AWESOME!) and Laura pointed out other cool species (parrotfish, grouper, tarpon, etc.). We stopped at the dolphin playground and learned about the local bottlenosed dolphins. Haddon talked about their social groups and pointed about a maternity group of females. It was fascinating! Honest Eco provides an excellent experience. I loved the smaller vessel and smaller group size. I will definitely book with them again and recommend them to anyone looking for a trip that is a step above the others.
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Kimela Rich
25 April 2025
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The crew on Blu Q was amazing! Knowledgeable, friendly and very helpful. Highly recommend the Honest Eco family business for any charters
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julie s
14 April 2025
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Wonderful tour with knowledgable guides; enjoy the beauty of Key West's nature in a small group We loved this tour. The boat was a small Catamaran Blu Q and thus the group size was small and wonderful as you were able to move about the boat and enjoy seating on the mesh or anywhere you liked safely. Unlike most tours we were not stuffed in. The captain, Andrew was so knowledgable. We had been on another tour similar earlier in the week and worried about a repeat. That was unfounded as Andrew shared new information and is clearly an expert. Their equipment was great. The snorkel masks fit well and were not the usual cheap stuff you get and the kayaks had back rests and maneuvered easily. Andrew ensured that we saw as much wildlife as possible given of course the wildlife's cooperation. The sail was brief but we did sail, again often that does not happen on these tours. The small group size and the expertise of the staff will have us come back and tour with them again.
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Anne L. Lehman
12 April 2025
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So many good things to say about Sam and Capt Andrew...Sam impressed us with her first anchor pull and sail raising on the Blu Q, Capt Andrew's narrative and knowledge of the out country was remarkable for his young age. The kayak portion of our excursion was the highlight; sea hares, queen conchs, osprey and oh yeah, the sunset at sea and the full moon at the same time. Astounding you guys, we'll be back.
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CBJ2021
23 June 2024
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Family Fun on Blu Q! We had a great day on the water with Capt Libby and Brian! They are very knowledgeable about the wildlife and love what they do and that made for a great experience. We also enjoyed having a smaller group aboard the Blu Q! Highly recommend for families!
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sharn D
14 March 2024
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Great Experience Decided to take this tour bc of the 6 hours out on the water. It was amazing!!! Angela and Grant worked their hearts out to make sure everyone had great time. Finding the boat around all the other boats was a challenge, every tour meets at the same dock, everyone was helpful and pointed out the blu Q so that was a relief . The tour was really good. Kayaks were easy to get into, saw tons of dolphins and the reef was our favourite. The lunch was deleicious. We thought it was going to be all gone by the time we got our turn but Angela kept refilling the Buffett and everyone had as much as they wanted. 5 star trip very educational, the water was beautiful and captain Nick kept everything safe great captain that took his job seriously ❤️
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Karen R.
5 June 2023
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Did a 4 hour snorkel and dolphin watch with Captain Eric and First Mate Brian on Squid. They are fantastic. Incredibly friendly, fun, and so knowledgeable about everything about the boat (electric, I believe the only electric boat tour company in Key West!) but also about the reefs, snorkeling, dolphins-they know them by markings and have names! No plastic, all of the food served was on real plates, no plastic cups or silverware. This company lives up to their name....hyper focused on being environmentally friendly and providing a fabulous time!!! We saw a bunch of dolphins, tons of fish and other sea life. Brian snorkeled with us and pointed to everything he saw to make sure no one missed a lobster, fish, conch, you name it! Loved to hear about Captain Eric's 30+ years working on boats in Key West and elsewhere was incredible to hear about. 5 stars! Would love to come back and try Blu Q, one of Honest Eco's other boats that does sunset sails and snorkel/kayak trips. Will definitely be back!
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Brad Lindloff
15 April 2023
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Highlight of our Key West trip, we took an evening tour, swam in crystal clear water 8+ miles off shore and saw an amazing sunset on our way back to land. Blu Q is an awesome 42’ boat with an even better crew and great food on board! We will do this again!
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Laura B
29 March 2023
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Great sunset tour! Delicious snacks, amazing info provided by guides and a peaceful beautiful journey on the BluQ
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Paul Goodwin
4 February 2023
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My family and I had a great time on the catamaran Blu Q with Captain Kyle and Marine Biologist/First Mate Rachel!! The sightings of Dolphins, snorkeling, kayaking and awesome nature/conservation education were all equally enjoyable. I highly recommend for anyone to spend a day on this trip. The coral reefs off of Key West are beautiful and it was nice to see them much closer and in-person!!
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Teresa
15 March 2022
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Great Day Aboard BluQ! We attended the "All of the Above" dolphin watch, kayak, and snorkeling excursion. Captain Jesse and Rachel were amazing guides, and both were very knowledgeable about the Keys, the environment, and the marine life we encountered! It's obvious that they really love their jobs, and that joy translates to a great experience for their customers. If we're ever back in the area, we would love to book another trip with them! Thanks for a great day, Honest Eco!
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Jody U
6 January 2022
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Honest Eco Tours "Sail" Above the rest! We are a family of 5 with young kiddos. Most experiences like these cater to older children and up. But even our 5 year old excitedly joined in all the activities and loved every minute of it!😁 Best parts: A SMALL group on an excellent vessel. Kiddos got to lay out on the front of the BluQ catamaran as we went to our destinations. Fruits, water and a delish lunch provided. (Kid approved, mine went back for 2nds! 👍) The snorkel and kayak tours were fantastic. Capt. Jesse and Corbin took care of everything. What more can you ask for???? Oh, wait. Yes....dolphin sighting. Yep, check that off too! Lucky us, we saw a small party of a mom, calf and additional friend swimming up to/near our boat! Talk about a perfect way to end the day!🙌 Pass on the info to friends/family who wish to experience a trip like ours. My entire family thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
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Elaine M
31 May 2021
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Amazing Day! Still smiling The Honest Eco All the Above trip aboard the Blu Q was a wonderful experience. Captain Billy and Katie were so welcoming and clearly knowledgeable about the area and wildlife we observed. I especially appreciated the respect they showed to the the wildlife as they helped us experience the beauty of life on the water in Key West. The day included kayaking, snorkeling, sightseeing, an informative history of the area as well as an amazing lunch from Date and Thyme. I highly recommend this tour as it was the highlight of our trip to Key West. Thanks Billy and Katie for sharing your passion with us!
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Rachel M
30 May 2021
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100% Reef Snorkel Sunset Sail 🙌🏼 Outshines all charters I’ve taken before in Key West. This eco-conscious company allowed me to enjoy the “Reef Snorkel and Sunset Sail” on the Blu Q Catamaran while feeling ocean friendly. Guests were never crammed like sardines on the Blu Q! 🙌🏼 Mate Katie showed our small group unique sea life during the stunning reef snorkel. Professional, chill vibes from the personable and humorous staff (Captain Billy and Katie) who tailored a magical island experience without us feeling rushed in the water. Loved the awesome tailored playlist. Relaxing atmosphere! Snacks were delivered in perfect timing (just wait to try the hummus!). I plan to adventure again with Honest Eco Charters where I know I won’t be disappointed. We even saw dolphins on the way back under a flawless orange sky. This is what island dreams are made of. ☀️
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kwclaire
10 May 2021
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Great day aboard the Blu Q We did the “All the Above” trip and it was the highlight of our trip to Key West. The crew (Billy and Katie) were awesome and knowledgeable. We had so much fun hanging out on the boat, lounging on the trampoline on the front of the boat, snorkeling, kayaking, and we got to see dolphins! The vegan lunch was also delicious and great for me because I don’t eat dairy. Best way to spend the day! Highly recommend!
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Stephanie G
26 April 2021
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Add this to your Key West itinerary! We did a 6hr sail, kayak, snorkel, and dolphin tour on their ship Blu Q. HIGHLY recommend! We lucked out with the weather, a loggerhead seaturtle sighting during snorkeling, and a last minute dolphin family sighting. Billy, Jessie, and Katie were all so positive, knowledgeable, and helpful. They made us feel both comfortable to ask questions and welcome on the boat. It was a great opportunity to immerse ourselves in the natural beauty of the Keys while also learning about it and the wildlife who call it home. A snack and lunch, as well as water and snorkel gear, were all provided. Bring your own (reef safe!) sunscreen and towels, and an underwater camera/go-pro if you have one. Definitely plan this for your next trip to Key West. You won't be disappointed!