- WaterMaarq - Make your way to Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula to meet your local guide and the Captain of your Eco RIB boat. Sorrento is around a 1.5hr drive from Melbourne.
Meeting at the Sorrento Pier at least 25 minutes before departure (allow more time in summer), you’ll be greeted by your Guide and introduced to fellow guests.
Slip into your wetsuit and listen to a short briefing on what to expect during the 2-hour boat excursion. Hop in to the boat and take your seat; it may be a lively ride.
Join a boutique tour with just twelve guests and enjoy a remarkable snorkelling experience.
Extending around Australia’s southern coastline is a series of reefs holding some of the most productive ecosystems on the planet. The Great Southern Reef features extensive kelp seaweed forests that support many marine species that are not found anywhere else on Earth.
Home to a variety of marine life including fur seals, zebra fish, little penguins, bottlenose dolphins, rays, giant cuttlefish, spider crabs, sponges, kelp and seadragons. You’ll be smiling from ear to ear swimming freely with entertaining seals, listen curiously to the grunts and clicks of fish working the reef and be mesmerised by the rich colours you could never have imagined live beneath the surface.
Snorkel on the surface with your expert guide and feel safe looking at local marine wildlife. Travelling aboard our RIB boat, you’ll get away from it all and enjoy a local adventure. Spend an exciting couple of hours on the vast Port Phillip Bay, snorkelling by boat along the Mornington Peninsula. Swim with seals and fish species found only in temperate waters.
Your friendly crew will guide you as you explore the incredible diversity and magic of our mysterious underwater world.
- Professional local guide
- Opportunity to swim with wild dolphins
- 2-hour snorkelling experience by boat
- Use of snorkeling equipment
- Safety equipment and pre-tour briefings
- Transportation to/from attractions
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Evade the throngs with a thrilling and intimate underwater adventure during a two-hour snorkelling excursion that accommodates up to twelve participants along the breathtaking Mornington Peninsula in Victoria.
Secure a delightful time aboard our nimble and reliable WaterMaarq rigid inflatable boats (RIB) for a tour that promises minimal disruption, an untroubled experience, and a reduced likelihood of sea-sickness. Dash across the bay from Sorrento, spending less time traveling and more time engaging with the awe-inspiring marine biodiversity of the Great Southern Reef. This tour offers the extraordinary chance to encounter wild bottlenose dolphins and fur seals in their natural habitat.
Setting sail from Sorrento, the ancestral land of the Boonwurrung people and location of the initial European settlement in 1803, the tour provides scenic views of the distinct calcarenite cliffs, some being up to 20 million years old, found within the Mornington Peninsula National Park. Below the waves lies the extensive network of the Great Southern Reef, home to a variety of unique and often splendid sea creatures.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Please dress comfortably and warmly
- Please bring swimmers, a towel, a hat, sunglasses, camera and your own re-usable water bottle
- Guests must have basic swimming skills as a minimum. Snorkel tours do not cater for people with no swimming ability. The Captain retains the right to refuse passage
- Guests with back, neck, shoulder or heart conditions, those who are pregnant or who have injuries/conditions that may cause a risk to their health are advised to not do these tours, or do so at their own risk
- Sea conditions can be unpredictable at times, this may cause physical injury, psychological stress or motion sickness
- Tours are rarely cancelled, the experience provider will reschedule your tour only in the case of severe weather which would make the tour unsafe
- Subject to minimum numbers and may be rescheduled if minimum numbers are not met
- Dolphins often appear, but as they are wild animals do not always appear on tour, therefore dolphin sightings and swims cannot be guaranteed. Tours are conducted under strict permit conditions and must be followed for all dolphin swim and watching experiences without variation
- The supplier reserves the right to substitute the vessel and / or change the day’s itinerary without notice
- Tours depart at the scheduled time and will not wait for late guests
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
