blue waters caribbean adventures

Awesome tour. Arnold is great - very personable and a wealth of great information. This company tries its best to give you a great experience (not scheduling tours around full moon when it's too bright, suggesting earlier/later tour times to optimize viewing conditions, etc.) and I really respect that. Compared to other tour companies, we were the first kayaks out on the water and the last to come in, so I felt like the company really tried to maximize my experience. The kayaks are also very comfortable, much more than others I've been in.

Incredible experience. My friend and I went on the 8:45 pm tour. It was a full moon and we started early to catch the bay before the moon rose. There were only 4 of us on the tour in addition to our 2 tour guides. Out of the 5 bio-luminescent bays in the world, this is the brightest (fact learned on tour)... really one of the cooler things I've experienced. Not to mention the stars are CRAZY and you get a little constellation lesson as well! Arnold and Ismael were awesome tour guides - HIGHLY recommend!!!!

One if the reasons for coming to Vieques was to experience Bio Bay. I was not disappointed. One word describes the tour - Magical. The stars above and the glowing waters surrounding the kayaks, was more than I ever expected.There are many companies offering this tour, but for us, Blue Waters was a great choice. Everyone was very professional and informative. Arnold was great, sharing some local history and scientific knowledge. Muriel (sp ?? ) was quite knowledgeable and gave us a great star gazing show.Since they are a fairly new company, their kayaks are top notch and quite easy to maneuver. I appreciated the small group (there were 7 of us) and the individual attention. There were other larger groups in Mosquito Bay at the same time, some of them quite noisy. I enjoyed the peace and serenity of gliding across the bay, enjoying this phenomenon of nature.I would definitely go with them again.

We were a party of 3 who have traveled together for over 30 years, we came to Vieques to enjoy the island the weather and especially to visit the bio-bay. We had a perfect night, the stars shined brightly and best of all the bay glowed brightly for us with its magical bioluminescence. Our group was small which was perfect because our guides Arnold and Mariel were fantastic; because we were a small group it was easy to interact and hear all of their informative information. They offered many pauses for questions and we never felt rushed into a schedule. It was truly awesome!

Worth every penny. The best bio bay Guides on the bay. we took friends this time and we all had a blast.IT WAS PURE MAGIC. Do not go with anyone else! This is a first class all the way

The bay is spectacular and should be experienced in a quiet, small group, which is exactly what you experience with this company. Arnold is knowledgeable, fun, and respectful of the bay. Blue Waters costs a little more and is worth every cent.

This was my second bio bay excursion. The first was in Fajardo and the one in Vieques is a much better trip. It is brighter and calmer and Blue Waters is a superior tour guide. First, the kayaks are much more comfortable than the ones in Fajardo. They appear to be brand new. This is important since you will be spending over an hour in them. They glided easily over the sparkling blue water. Next, the guides themselves were very professional and incredibly informed. They gave us history lessons as well as a biological understanding of the mechanisms involved in the glowing bay. They were enthusiastic about everything they talked about and also pointed out all the visible constellations with a bright laser pointer. I walked away feeling informed and entertained. There are over a dozen companies that do bay tours but you would be hard pressed to find a better one than this.

We went on the tour of Mosquito Bay with Blue Waters. Arnold and Mariel were our guides. Highly recommended. They were on time and completely organized. We were in the water paddling our kayaks within 25 minutes of arriving at the parking lot - very fast given the drive to the bay is over a terrible road and took 10-15 minutes alone. We were on the water over an hour. Arnold gave a lot of background to the bay and why it is the best bioluminescent bay in the world. We then had a great star laser show (the stars are amazing), then saw the mouth of the bay before returning. We were in a group of 10 so each of us had attention and we were able to ask whatever questions we wanted. As we got out of our kayaks, a tour by another company was getting ready to start - there were at least 30 people in that group. No way could they have the same experience. The tour is a must if you visit Vieques and I would only use this company.

My boyfriend and I did this tour on Friday, Feb 13th with Arnold and Mariel (sp?). We were in good hands with both. First, we were pleasantly surprised to find out it would be an intimate group of us going out on the bay -- just us and one other couple. Paddling in the kayaks at night was extremely peaceful in its own right, and then we started seeing the bioluminescence. Watching the fish dart around glowing was breathtaking. Arnold was a wealth of knowledge about the biochemistry at work in the bay, as well as the history of the bay and the island. Definitely do this tour.

Courteous, gracious and attentive staffIncrease brilliance experience in Mosquito bay- Nature at its bestWonderful fund of biological and astronomical knowledge exhibited by the tour guide- truly a memorable experience well worth the price.

This is my second time at the Biobay in VQS and I have to mention that the guys of Blue Waters are very professionals... friendly and helpful. They took good care of us since the pick up in a new labeled SUV. They offered water at the beginning and some snacks after. The equipment they use its brand new and they are very well organized. They are very well trained to explain the biobay either in Spanish or English. They include some tips of the cosmos... I will sure contact them in my next excursion at the VQS Island.

We live on the island and have been out with several tour groups. This was by far the best, most professional and informative that we've been on! Our guide (Arnold) was very knowledgeable about the Bay and very courteous and professional. All the equipment and transportation is brand new and they keep the group sizes smaller.Trust me, the larger group sizes of some of the other tours are downright obnoxious. The small group size with Blue Waters made it easy for our questions to get answered and to keep close to our guides. Between the new construction at the Bio-bay and Blue Waters, our most recent trip was the best by a long shot. Highly recommended!

A nighttime Bio Bay tour was at the top of my wish list for my recent Vieques trip! A local friend recommended Blue Waters, and it was clearly the best choice! When we got to the bay, we saw the other operators had groups of like 30 people! Blue Waters kept our group to 6! While the other group were waiting in lines on the shore, we quickly got into our kayaks and glided out onto the water away from the masses! The bioluminescence was amazing! Hypnotic! There was almost no moon, so the illumination was bright. And Arnold, our tour guide, was not only well educated on the biology of the bay, he also entertained us by pointing out constellations and telling stories of ancient mythology!

To preface this: I went on a Bio Bay tour with Black Beard Sports in August, and it was a great tour. Personally, though, I believe Blue Waters Caribbean blew them out of the water, as the tour was almost twice as long (about an hour and a half, versus 45 minutes with BBS) and the tour guide, Arnold, was amazingly informative. Not only did Arnold tell us all about the history and the science behind the bay, he also gave a talk about constellations and the mythology surrounding them. In addition, on the way back to the parking lot of Sun Bay, water bottles and snacks are provided. It was awesome!For everyone's information, the tours are done on brand new tandem kayaks (2 person kayaks) and the groups seem to be fairly small (as opposed to one of the other tour groups which I believe had a 40 person group out with them!). We met at the parking lot just inside Sun Bay, where we hopped in a shiny new van and headed off to the bay. The guides were organized and helpful, even guiding one of my friends to soft spots on the walk to the water when she forgot and wore nicer sandals that she didn't want to ruin. We got right in the water and hit 3 spots before finishing the tour: the monitoring station for the bay (hadn't seen that on my previous tour), a spot out in the middle of the bay where we talked about some of the stars and the history of the bay, then a spot by the mouth of the bay.Truly an awesome time with awesome guides! Highly recommended!

This is ranks up there as one of the best natural attractions on earth, with the professionalism and small group size that the place deserves. The trip leaders were prompt and the equipment flawless. Our guide Arnold Arambulo gave us the best tour imaginable, full of great information about the bio bay, and sprinkled with a good sense of humor. Assistant Maliel helped point out highights we might have missed and made sure we were well taken care of. Having glowing bioluminescent sharks swim under the boat was a high point, as well as just being out in the soft night under a blanket of stars. Don't miss this one with Blue Waters!