First if all, I need to thank Kauai Sea Tours for accommodating my boyfriend and I at the last minute. After Googling and searching Trip Advisor for Na Pali Coast boat tours multiple times, and calling about ten other operators only to have them tell me they were fully booked. No fault to any of them as I was calling the day before I was hoping to book a tour for. About an hour before Kauai Sea Tours closed I called on a Tuesday to book a tour for the next day on a Wednesday and the nice representative kindly said they had two more seats ona raft tour! I was so ecstatic as this was my boyfriend's first time to Kauai and I was committed to showing him the Na Pali Coast on a boat.
We arrived right on time as they were calling out names to separate people out onto their designated rafts. We had a great pair with Sky as our Captain and CJ as his second mate. The weather was picture perfect! I personally think the raft is the most fun way to discover the Na Pali Coast because you can really feel the water on you at times and they're the boats that can take you into the caves. The ride can definitely be a work out as you must grip onto the ropes on the side of the raft and put your feet under the rope on the floor of the raft, but it's all worth it!
Sky handled the waves really well to where there were some moments I thought we might have a wave crash onto the raft, but he went right over it without us barely feeling a thing. Sky and CJ taught us a great deal about the Hawaiian history lived on the Na Pali Coast and it was all told in a very interesting manner. I'm part Hawaiian so having a fellow Hawaiian in CJ on board to discuss some of the history to the tourists was amazing to witness. We got so lucky as we got to see two groups of Hawaiian spinner dolphins, flying fish (which I had never seen before), bottlenose dolphins, and a humpback whale blow water from his spout. We stopped to snorkel at a nice spot, where people spotted a turtle. They also provided us a good snack in the middle of the tour of freah fruit and chips, then for lunch after our snorkel they fed us yummy sandwiches, cookies, and drinks. During the tour Sky showed us the numerous waterfalls along the Na Pali Coast accompanied by some interesting history and even took us into the entrance of a couple of caves. Sky also did some fun tricks with the boat at a couple points where he angled the boat to make for an exciting ride! CJ also gave us a great recommendation to watch the sunset on the road to Waimea Canyon and have dinner by our hotel at Street Burger.
All in all, I would definitely recommend Kauai Sea Tours to anyone visiting Kauai!