Last time I was there, the group I was with took the tour that included time for free riding. The area that we went to free ride was huge and had a sand bar if you needed to get off the ski for a brake. Assuming that you would go to the same spot, it is bigger than what you can cover in the time you'll have there. The person watching you will ask that you not get so far away that they loose track of you or their ski.
Very large area
Within line of sight of the tour guide
We typically have our 30 minute free ride portion of our 1.5 hour adventure tour in the Gulf of Mexico, just off the coast of Caladesi Island State Park. In our off-season when we have both the 1.5 hour tour and the 1 hour free ride only, the free ride for that rental is in the intracoastal south of the Gulf to Bay bridge, east of Sand Key...a very large area.
They take to the gulf it's HUGE!
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