On our tours we encounter and observe wild dolphins in their natural habitat on their terms. We do not guarantee any swimming with the dolphins. If the  conditions are safe we may be able to put you in the water near the dolphins. This is up to the captains discretion. If the dolphins are mating, swimming near a shipping channel, or swimming in rough waves we will not be able to swim near them. We will however, usually get some very good and closeup views of the dolphins from the boat. Swimming with them means that you may be swimming in waters close to them.  Sometimes they choose to be 5 feet from you and sometimes they will avoid altogether and you will not see them at all while you are in the water.  Although we wish the dolphins were as excited to see us as we are them, this would mean that we would have to feed them. Feeding dolphins is illegal and very bad and dangerous for the dolphins. Wild dolphins being fed by humans often end up very sick, entangled, or being struck by boat propellers. We are very strict about following the laws of The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 and subsequent amendments, in addition to the laws of the State of Florida.