Wild Hearts is a 53-foot open-ocean sailing catamaran that leaves from the Perdido Beach Resort’s bayside dock, and it’s the rare tourist-facing operation locals will actually vouch for. USA Today’s 10Best readers ranked it the #3 boat tour in the country for 2026 — after #5 in 2025 and #6 in 2024, so the trend line is not a fluke.
The trips
Morning and afternoon dolphin cruises, sunset sails, a family adventure sail, and a paddleboard-and-kayak sail where the boat carries the toys out and you play off the back. The one to circle: the Dolphins & Blue Angels sail. When the Blues practice over Pensacola, watching from a catamaran deck on open water beats every parking lot on the beach road. Fireworks sails and private charters round it out.
Good to know
This is sailing, not a packed pontoon with a mic’d-up narrator — when the engines go quiet and the boat heels a little, that’s the product. Sunset and Blue Angels dates sell out well ahead in summer, so book before you drive over. Same outfit runs parasailing and kayak, paddleboard, and pontoon rentals if the crew wants options.
