If you’ve never experienced the magical liquid light show that comes from bioluminescent, we encourage you to join a night kayaking tour in Florida and experience this other-worldly phenomenon for yourself. A scientific wonder where the water produces hundreds of blue-green illuminated lights, Florida’s warm summers is the perfect time to go on a night kayak tour to gawk at this cloud of living light.
Igniting a small nuclear explosion with each stroke of a paddle, kayak or even your hand, you’ll be mesmerized by the tiny splash of fireworks and blue glow on the water’s surface as you’re surrounded by a dark night sky filled with millions of sparkling stars. One of only six places in the world to see bioluminescence in nature, this unique kayak tour in Florida offers a memorable experience you and your family won’t soon forget.
While it might sound like a trippy or extraterrestrial experience, the ethereal bioluminescent effect comes alive at night from billions of tiny sea plankton called dinoflagellates. With concentrations great enough, the water appears to glow, sometimes bright enough to cast a shadow.
The best time to see the bioluminescent is five days after the full moon in warm summer months when the skies are dark, from mid-May through early October. On the tour, you’re given a life jacket, whistle and glow stick, with safety precautions taken seriously. Starting at dusk, you’ll take an easy paddling journey to the designated paddling area in order to reach the bioluminescent effect at dark.
A Day Away Kayak Tours operate its tours out of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Titusville, an impressive 140,000-acre natural habitat where it’s possible you’ll spot one of the other 550 species of animals that call this place their home. Here you’ll enter a maze of mangrove trails in the Mosquito Lagoon and be given time to explore the unique estuary as Mullet fish fly around you.
At BK Adventure, you can explore the Indian River Lagoon, with small groups to ensure you’re able to see the phenomenon up close. With a launch site out of Kelly Park in Merritt Island, it is an ideal tour for those located in Orlando only 45 minutes drive away. If you’re lucky, you might even spot the illuminated comb jellyfish, prehistoric sea creatures.
Kelly Park in Brevard County, Florida is very close to Port Canaveral on State Road 528.
Kelly Park Bioluminescent Kayaking Launch Site
Kelly Park East
2550 N. Banana River Drive
Merritt Island, FL 32952
BK Adventure
Website: www.bkadventure.com
Phone: 407-519-8711
A Day Away Kayak Tours
Website: www.adayawaykayaktours.com
Phone: 321-268-2655
