South Seas Resort

We visited in early October 2025, we were upgraded to a bayside room which was great! The room was gorgeous and the view amazing! The resort is still in the process of being restored from the last hurricane to hit (Ian I think) but it is a great place to visit. Super quiet, and the beach was beautiful!! I recommend getting a golf cart as it makes getting around fun and easy. Only complaint was we went to breakfast on our checkout day and came back to room before checkout time and it was being cleaned. We hadn’t checked out yet 😳. Regardless we will be back to this peaceful resort!!

Let me start with this...... This resort is the farthest North you can go on Captiva Island but it is well worth the drive. |The resort is still undergoing construction from the Hurricane Ian Damages, but they are doing a wonderful job and all the pools and eating establishments are open. The rooms are actually condo's and are clean, updated and beautiful. We stayed in a Bayside Villa and enjoyed the beautiful view each morning of the bay and sunrise. |I recommend getting a golf cart as the resort is quite big and its fund to be able to zip around the the different areas with ease. Added bonus you can take it into the little town which has additional dining options and is just adorable!! The young man who helped us get the golf cart was so helpful!!|The beach is beautiful, clean, and so quiet. Watching the dolphins swim by so close was an added treat. Make sure you plan for the Noseums that are there at dawn and at Dusk. They will eat you alive. They have some spray at the Provisions store which helped.|Overall this resort and little town just outside of it is great. If you are looking for a lowkey and relaxing getaway this is definitely the place to go.

We traveled to the resort this week and had a very nice time while staying on our boat at the marina. It had been maybe 20 years since we had last visited. Certainly after the storms a lot has changed and new owners have made many changes. Some not for the better according to other reviewers. In our experience, all the staff we encountered were very friendly and happy we were there. The dock master, Charles, and his crew were very helpful and knowledgeable. There is quite a bit of construction going on and with some buildings yet to break ground, this will be going on for a few years. Hopefully when its all done it will retain the old Florida feel that has drawn so many over the decades.

Location is amazing, beach was beautiful, dolphins everywhere. We ended up in two different rooms due to an out of service elevator in one of the buildings—we were not told ahead of time despite notifying that one in our group needed accommodation at time of booking. We were told the buildings are owned privately and South Seas has no control over it when we asked after arriving. The first beach villa was in much need of renovation. Worn down stained carpet, dirty sheets. Looked nothing like the photos presented online. South Seas did immediately rectify the issue with the elevator and moved us to a different building. Everyone was kind. The second villa with the functioning elevator was new, beautiful, and clean. The new pool area was about 2 miles from our beach villa but there was plenty of parking. The two resort pools were really nice and kids enjoyed the slides. They make you charge everything to your room, no option to pay at point of service which was odd. Overall we enjoyed the stay.

A place to take the whole family and relax. The beaches are absolutely beautiful with tons of shells and we even saw Dolphins. The restaurants and entire staff of the resort are truly 5 star and we will be back soon to enjoy the new water park !!

This place is fantastic! We were late to the 11am stuff an animal stuffy friend activity at the pool yesterday and Nina was as so gracious to open back up the activity for just us! She totally didn’t have to but was so kind and welcoming and never made us feel like we were asking too much - and it was our fault we were late! Can’t wait to come back for a longer stay!

Don’t be fooled by all the previous last 2 years of reviews. Ai generate saying how lovely this place was at their stay . People need to just speak the facts about this place . . Well this place used to be a hidden gem where families from all over came to become friends. We been coming to south seas through our timeshare for 40 years. Place has always been relaxing and peaceful. But last 3 years a lot has changed. This year being the worst. New ownership are making it like a prison and that’s the truth. I feel like I’m being controlled on every thing I’m trying to do . From limiting us to what we can bring to pool as far as pool toys and floats for the kids to a bag of potato’s chips for my 4 year old for a snack. Never experienced being told sorry u have to leave cause u can’t bring in mini Oreos . Besides the pool restrictions there’s so many other things we been told we cannot do. . Over the last 40 years growing this family vacation to over 70 people each year . . Renting multiple units from south seas and a lot from Hilton time shares. We come with a big group that loves to fish. We hang the days by the pool and sunset beach with the family and then at night a lot of us we all get ready for a long night of fishing on the TDock. Always cleaning and making sure we left it right for the morning crowd. Well this year that all came to an end cause after 9 pm the tdock is padlocked literally with a chain and lock they drive down to dock high beam their lights at the dock 10 mins prior to walking out and telling us it’s 9 gotta go. . Throughout the day they have a paid employee sitting at the front of the t dock gate like a warden. I brang down all my fishing stuff on a plane to be told I can’t fish past 9 . I am Not happy First they said it’s cause of sea turtles which this dock is in the bay and has nothing to do with turtles. Then they said it’s a Saftey issue cause no lights. Again a lie cause ether is lights that illuminate the pathway and dock at night. . Also parking if not part of south seas u are restricted to parking at your unit and not allowed to park near pool which we have access to anyway. If I’m allowed to go spend money in the pool annd buy drinks annd food for the family and rent a cabana I should be allowed to park my car in this lot without having a security guard sitting at the gate of lot harassing me. . I really hope this fued between the two owners and south seas be worked out cause this is so petty how the new owners are being. Also a big big thing that really gets me mad is my 77 year old uncle was sitting on the dock with a chair with a built in umbrella for some shade from the hot sun (since we can’t fish nights now we are forced to get as out there during the hot sun instead of hanging by the pool ) and they took his umbrella from him Saying well if u can’t handle the heat you shouldn’t be fishing out here in it. I would highly recommend going some place else till they get this fued gets worked out.

My family has been coming to south seas for 40 years and I am so disappointed in this place I used to say was my favorite place on earth. For starters, the construction on the resort is still everywhere, and the resort is not transparent about this AT ALL. While I understand there have been two, very recent and devastating hurricanes, and the time it takes to rebuild is out of their control, the resort is obviously paying/gifting influencers on social media to highlight the parts of the resort that are complete and yet hide away the vast majority that is still a work in progress. The resort used to be a quiet and perfect sanctuary, and they are utilizing the rebuild to turn into a tourist trap. The beginnings of the water park at the front of the resort is atrocious. On the note of construction, the resort is building a restaurant on sunset beach that says “coming summer 2025.” It is August 2025 now and it does not look near completion. Prior to the hurricane, the beach bar at sunset beach was perfect. Due to construction of this monstrous building on the beach, there is hardly any room for families to walk onto the beach. While the restaurant is being built, there is only a small burger truck serving an entire beach worth of people. This burger truck is staffed with only two brand-new employees, who are working tirelessly inside a truck that is 130 degrees and not air conditioned. Sunset beach used to be such fun place for families, where everyone on the resort gathered for sunset, enjoying with live music and frozen drinks from the bar. This week, there were maybe max 5 people at the beach at sunset, with no added fun from the resort. Speaking of drinks, one of the biggest disappointments this week was the changes to the main pool tiki bar. The only thing that appears to have somewhat stayed the same on the entire resort is the main pool. And yet, this is somehow worse as well. The bar at the main pool, used to be the Crooked Snook, used to be my family’s favorite place for a frozen daiquiri to enjoy the views. Now, not only has this bar been moved off of the water, this “beach bar” doesn’t even have a blender, and instead pours their frozen drinks from a slushy machine - drinks that taste disgusting. Their daiquiris used to be delicious!! My family used to enjoy ice cream from scoops and Slices every night after dinner. Scoops used to be a bright, fun, kitschy diner - esque spot that was a fun spot for kids. The new scoops is sterile, empty, and boasts a soft serve machine that doesn’t even work. Finally, I can’t address the changes withoit addressing the logo. Coming from a marketing background, I can’t believe this logo was ever approved. The south seas island resort was classic, the font perfect and simple, expressing the true nature of the resort. The new logo fits in perfectly with the cheesy waterpark, and is not cohesive with the resort at all, as the striped beach chair on the logo is nowhere to be found on the resort. Instead of gathering opinions of the people who have come to the resort for years and years, the new ownership has clearly done everything they can to quickly make a buck. In addition to everything mentioned above, several beloved walking paths (such as lands end, along the marina) are no longer available due to the construction that appears to have no end in sight. I do hope the ownership evaluates some of these reviews and thoughts from long time visitors and makes some changes before it is too late.