Raining the am we went out (9/1). Staff said seas were rough and we could reschedule if wanted. This was our only day and they said that if the majority wanted to go we would go. So we went. The seas at first were calm, but we did hit some big swells about 40 minutes in. I'm not sure what people were thinking, but obviously they had either never been at sea, never heard about the sea, or overestimated their own abilities. There were approximately 10 people getting sick over the side rails and every millennial complaining loudly " I can't believe they brought us out here in this." Really?? They told you at check in that it would be rough. Did they think the cruise people were making it up? Needless to say the captain decided to turn back (I'm certain it was due to the whining, we've seen much worse swells on a fishing boat out of the OBX). Instead of heading straight back though, the captain kept us cruising slowly by Fox Island for about 2 hours!! This was completely unnecessary. There was nothing to see and everyone was bored ( my husband took a $150 nap). The highlight was one sea otter floating by. The captain tried his best to be entertaining and the crew made cookies for all, but everyone was just over it. We were back in by noon and promised a partial refund. I did receive a $99 credit today. I paid $332.48. I assumed half would be refunded but it's only about 1/3.