Life Glass-bottom boat tours offer shipwreck views without getting wet Published: May. 29, 2025, 2:58 p.m.

Green turtles can grow up to 1.5 metres long and weigh 300kg, but this specimen is a juvenile, only about half a metre long, ...

Perhaps the most special aspect of the tours, however, is the tour boat’s glass-bottom viewing wells, which allow for eagle-eye views of historic sunken ships resting at the bottom of Thunder ...

A Florida Keys glass bottom boat captain was arrested after an investigation into a July incident where witnesses say he drove the 65-foot vessel dangerously close to snorkelers and scuba divers ...

The 30-minute boat tour is both educational and historical. In the 1950s, the glass-bottom boats served as one of the main attractions at Aquarena Springs, one of the state's first amusement parks.

Boat tours have a 10-person capacity limit, however, private boat tours are available starting at $50. Admission is $9.75 per adult, $8 for seniors 65 and older, $6 for children ages 3-12.

It took the men nearly eight months to build the new boat, called Viking. It was launched July 26, 1900, taking “large fishing parties out to see the sights on the ocean bottom in La Jolla Bay ...

Some 20,000 years ago, a jaguar somehow found itself trapped in the caverns, and unable to escape, died below the surface. Its bones were discovered in 1939 and are now on display at The American ...

This installment blends history and science to report on the loss of Wakulla Springs glass bottom boat tours, which celebrated Florida’s seemingly endless depths of clean, clear water for a century.