Stormin Speed Boat & Dolphin Watch

So normally I wouldn’t be up for something as cheesy/​expensive as this but a day before we left for OC I found an online Entertainment coupon for a BOGO adult ticket and that sold me.
The call was easy enough to set up a reservation time although since it was early June they were not doing cruises every hour as is listed on the website. I asked about 10am and was gently redirected to 11am and when we got there I could see why because it was a full boat.
Once you get there it’s not rocket science. Kids need to wear a life jacket, adults can if you want but it’s not required and after a short safety spiel you’re off.
The trip starts over on the bay side of OC (I guess it would properly be Great Egg Harbor Bay) then you chop around the corner of the island by Great Egg Harbor Inlet then it’s just go like hell for a fairly good distance south along the coast until somewhere in the 40^th-​50^th street area (?) before stopping to turn around to go
back.
Now two things worth noting:
They claim they see dolphins and I suppose I believe them but on our trip we did not and I’m not sure I buy into the idea the dolphins are going to hang anywhere near this type of boat with this amount of noise coming at/​near/​around them. I could be wrong but that’s just my initial thought.
The other Unilocaler who reviewed Stormin mentioned that they stopped to explain things along the way. With our boat, not so much. We got three stops of which one was to try and sell pictures of the OC Boardwalk area near Wonderland Pier and the other two stops dropped some knowledge on us that might have been useful if we were from Mongolia or Latvia but seeing as the majority of the people in the boat were from the Tri-​State Area I think it might have fallen into the «duh» category when we’re being told that Brigantine/​Atlantic City is north of Ocean City when we’re staring right at it.
The other thing worth noting is that while you’re blitzing along there is music which is played at a very loud level to be heard over the engines. It’s worth noting the sketchy abilities of the Captain to make a decent mix tape. I’m not quite sure how ZZ Top’s «La Grange» goes with something from the movie Frozen or that anything goes with that classic from Digital Underground «The Humpty Dance.»
If you go, go with proper expectations:
More than likely you’re not seeing a dolphin.
This isn’t a nature cruise so you’re not going to learn anything.
The cruise itself is fairly expensive at $ 36.00 per adult & $ 28.00 per child
But, it is fun beyond belief to chop/​splash/​bounce/​rip/​whip along the OC coastline as right now there is no other boat in town where you can do this at so the unique factor is certainly there and it’s probably worth doing as a one-​time gimmick.

AWESOME!!! Was deciding between this ride or the one next to them. We went with this one because of the smaller crowd. Glad we made the choice. They stopped every so offer to explain the surroundings and it’s history. Boat is state of the art with twin diesel motors pushing 315 horse each !!! And boy can you feel the power and hear the turbos whine. Going jet skiing tomorrow morning at the same place. Can’t wait