Lea Island Excursions
Experience one of Topsail Islands best kept secrets that is only accessible by boat. This is a 4 hour tour for up to 6 people. We provide everything you need to have a great time and live like a “Local.”
What we provide on our Lea Island Excursions
“All items below must be requested before your excursion so be sure to let you captain know what all you would like”
Beach ChairsGrill -"we can cook for ya"Shibumi Shade - "Umbrella"SunblockBluetooth Speaker - “We also have a jamming stereo on the boat”Cornhole Boards & Various Beach Games
Accessible only by boat, Lea-Hutaff Island offers 5,641-acres of sandy shoreline, beach dunes and tidal marsh. This 4-mile oasis between Topsail and Figure Eight islands is one of the state’s last remaining uninhabited and undeveloped barrier islands.
Colonial waterbirds such as pelicans, egrets, herons, terns, skimmers and gulls nest here by the thousands. Other avian visitors include black-billed plovers, American oystercatchers, greater yellowlegs, willets, sanderlings, semipalmated sandpipers and short-billed dowitchers — to name just a few.
Lea-Hutaff Island offers a rare and much-needed sanctuary to these birds that are frequently threatened by habitat loss, sea level rise and human disturbance. Because of this, the island has been designated as one of North Carolina’s Important Bird Areas (IBAs) by Audubon North Carolina.
Check out this great article by Topsail Magazine about the island!
About Lea Island
Check out our Clients video of the Dolphins playing behind boat while we were headed to Lea Island!
“We could not believe the wildlife we saw while on the tour. The Dolphins were our favorite. They literally came right up to the boat and rode with us. This is like a real life Sea World. Take a look at the Topsail Voyages youtube channel to see the video! It was truly amazing!” -Shultz Family - Dayton, OH
Dolphins playing behind the boat on the way to Lea Island.