Boat Rentals & Charters
Inlet Shores Tiki Tours
About
Inlet Shores Tiki Tours runs private boat and fishing tours out of New Smyrna Beach, offering a mix of tiki cruises to Disappearing Island, sunset cruises, brunch cruises, fishing excursions, and charters booked for occasions like bachelor parties and engagements. The boat accommodates up to six guests and comes equipped with an onboard restroom, a cooler with ice, a speaker system, and fishing poles, amenities aimed squarely at the private group charter market rather than larger multi passenger tour boats.
The business’s listed base is a Boat Ramp Drive address in New Smyrna Beach, part of a cluster of boat launch and charter facilities along the town’s riverfront that give quick access to the Indian River Lagoon and, via Ponce de Leon Inlet, the open Atlantic. Disappearing Island, the sandbar near the inlet mouth that surfaces at low tide and is a popular boater gathering spot, features among the tour’s standard offerings, the same draw that several of New Smyrna Beach’s other tiki and pontoon charter operators build trips around.
Offering fishing excursions alongside purely social cruises broadens the charter’s appeal beyond a single use case. A group that wants to combine a few hours of casual fishing with a sunset cruise on the same outing, rather than booking a dedicated fishing guide separately from a scenic boat tour, has that option through a single operator here. The inclusion of fishing poles as standard equipment on the boat supports that flexible approach, letting a captain pivot a trip toward fishing if guests are interested without needing specialized gear brought aboard separately.
As a small, single boat charter business built around private group bookings, Inlet Shores Tiki Tours fits within the broader pattern of independent, owner operated boat tour companies that have grown up around New Smyrna Beach’s riverfront in recent years, offering an alternative to both the fishing focused charters and the larger scale tour boats found in some other Florida coastal destinations. Its combination of social cruising and casual fishing in one package reflects how flexible small boat charters have adapted to serve groups with mixed interests on a single outing. Because detailed public records for this specific operator are limited beyond its own promotional materials and the New Smyrna Beach tourism authority’s fishing page, prospective customers should confirm current trip pricing, availability, and exact departure logistics directly with the business before booking, particularly for time sensitive occasions like a bachelor party or engagement celebration where firm scheduling matters.