About Live Oac
Live Oac is a locally owned watersports and tour company based at Safe Harbor Skull Creek Marina on Hilton Head Island, offering dolphin tours, eco cruises, fishing charters, and high-energy watersports on the tidal creeks and open waters of the South Carolina Lowcountry. The company takes its name from the iconic live oak trees that canopy the island, and brings that same rooted, local character to every trip — captains and guides grew up on these waters and know every sandbar, oyster bed, and dolphin feeding ground in the Port Royal Sound system.
The dolphin and eco tour is the signature experience: a narrated cruise through the marshes and tidal channels around Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge, where Atlantic bottlenose dolphins are spotted on virtually every trip alongside great blue herons, ospreys, and the occasional bald eagle. For anglers, Live Oac runs inshore fishing charters targeting redfish, flounder, speckled trout, and sheepshead in the creeks and nearshore structure. Watersports options include tubing, wakeboarding, and waterskiing behind a tournament-style tow boat — popular with families and groups staying on the island.
What distinguishes Live Oac is the casual, down-to-earth vibe paired with serious local expertise. The boats are well-maintained, the captains are USCG-licensed, and the trips are kept to small groups so every guest gets a front-row seat. Unlike the larger tour boats that run fixed routes, Live Oac captains adapt on the fly — following dolphin pods, pulling up to sandbars for a swim break, or extending a fishing session when the bite is hot. It is the kind of operation that turns first-time visitors into repeat customers every time they return to Hilton Head.
