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Cape May Boat Tours - Birding by Boat
Miss Chris Marina
890 2nd AVenue
Cape May, NJ 08204

Phone: 609.898.3500
Web: www.birdingbyboat.com
Open: April through November; call for schedule
Discount: $5 off any regularly scheduled trip with CMBO/NJAS membership card. Excludes special event trips; cannot be combined with any other offers.
Join Captain David Githens aboard the 38-passenger “Osprey”. Cruise the back bays, harbors, and sounds of Cape May. View migrant shorebirds, salt marsh nesting colonies, waterfowl, loons, waders, and rails. Experienced naturalists and guides on board. USCG inspected; 15 years experience. Group rates available. Free on-site parking; bathroom facilities on boat.


Bay Cats
316 Bay Avenue
Ocean City, NJ 08226
Phone: 609.391.7960
E-mail: don@baycats.com
Web: www.baycats.com
Open: 7-Days April - November; weekends in winter
Discount: No time limit on daily kayak rentals for CMBO/NJAS members
Guided kayak nature tours with exceptional up-close views of nesting and breeding colonies. Small groups welcome. Kayak rentals, Hobie Cat sailboat rentals, lessons, parts, and sales.

Beaver Dam Boat Rentals
514 Old Beaver Dam Road & Route 553
Newport, NJ 08345
Phone: 856.447.3633
E-mail: lin@crabulousnj.com
Web: www.crabulousnj.com
Open: May - December and for special events
We invite you to view the amazing variety of salt marsh birds and active Bald Eagle nests in Cumberland County. Offering eco-tours, crab boat rentals, kayaking, canoeing and duck hunting. Heated bathroom facilities, snacks, and coffee available.

Miss Chris Kayak Rentals & Marina
1208 Wilson Drive
Cape May, NJ 08204
Phone: 609.884.3351
E-mail: misschrismarina@aol.com
Web: www.misschrismarina.com
Open: Kayak - daily April-November; Marina - April-December
Discount: $5 off kayak rentals and/or tours
Kayak rentals and tours on the tranquil waters of Cape Island Creek on the back waters of Cape May. Ospreys, egrets, shorebirds, and rails just feet away. Extra stable single or double kayaks available.

Salt Marsh Safari / The Skimmer
Dolphin Cove Marina - Ocean Drive base of bridge
Phone: 609.884.3100
E-mail: skimmer2008@comcast.net
Web: www.skimmer.com
Open: April - November; call for schedule
Discount: Show your CMBO/NJAS, AAA card.
The original “Skimmer” has moved to the salt marsh so we can start birding when we untie our lines. Sailing everyday, explore for loons, waterfowl, migrating shorebirds, rails, waders, ospreys and more. Join the fun of backbay birding with Captain Ginny Powell. USCG certified. Group rates available.


Cape May Lewes Ferry
Phone: Toll Free 800.64.FERRY (800.643.3779)
Web: www.cmlf.com
Open: Year round
Your passport to fun between the Jersey Cape and historic Lewes Delaware. Bird, shop, and tour both sides of the bay!

Cape May Whale Watcher
Miss Chris Marina
1208 Wilson Drive
Cape May, NJ 08204
Phone: 609.884.5445 or Toll Free 800.786.5445
Fax: 609.886.0798
Web: www.capemaywhalewatcher.com
Available: April thru November
Discount: Mention you found this listing through the Cape May Bird Observatory and receive $3 off any regularly scheduled trip. Cannot be combined with any other offers.
Two of the largest and fastest whale and dolphin watch boats in southern Jersey. Sightings guaranteed or ride again free! Whales, dolphins, porpoise, and birds. Group rates available. Free on-site parking.

Duke O’Fluke Party Boat
Municipal Dock, Higbee Avenue at the Bay
Somers Point, NJ
Phone: Dock - 609.926.2280 / Office - 609.522.2912
E-mail: flukeoduke@hotmail.com
Web: www.dukeofluke.com
Open: Mid-April thru October; office open year round.
Discount: CMBO/NJAS members & families of 4 or more, 10% discount
on regularly scheduled trips.
USCG inspected, this 45’ vessel is available for environmental education and birding trips. Narrated birding charters Spring & Fall for resident and migrating eagles, raptors. Weekly trips mid-June thru August for shorebirds & nesting colonies near Ocean City, Longport, Margate.

Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC)
1048 Washington Street
Cape May, NJ 08204
Phone: 609.884.5404 or Toll Free 800.275.4278
Web: www.capemaymac.org
Open: Year Round
MAC offers a full schedule of historic tours and events in Cape May throughout the year.

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