Whisper Cruises: Turtle Spotting Bay Cruise
4.8
74 Ratings
Airlie Beach

Join our eco-friendly, whisper-quiet electric boat for a serene turtle spotting cruise in Airlie Beach. Limited to 8 passengers. Spot endangered turtles in luxury.

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Airlie Beach - Sail along the coastline from Airlie Beach, passing Coral Sea Marina to Whisper Bay and Pigeon Island, and reaching the Cannonvale Beach Foreshore. Keep an eye out for local turtles and, if you’re fortunate, you might also spot dugongs, sharks, rays, and other marine life…
What's Included
  • On-board restrooms
Additional Information

Airlie Beach offers the only emissions-free, whisper-quiet electric boat experience. Discover the beauty of nature on our turtle-spotting bay cruise. Embark on a remarkable and eco-friendly adventure aboard Airlie Beach’s most distinctive tour. With a capacity of just 8 passengers, our delightful vessel, “Tallulah,” is the sole electric boat in the…

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Location
Sorrento Restaurant & Bar
Shingley Drive
Please meet outside Sorrento Restaurant & Bar, Coral Sea Marina, North Complex
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
4.8
(74 Ratings)
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Louise
Feb 16, 2026
Turtle spotting cruise - Dale and Tam were amazing, from Tam allowing us to cruise earlier to Dale being incredibly knowledgeable and the turtles and their habitat. Would 100% recommend Whisper Cruises
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Manuel_b
Feb 13, 2026
Really great activity - Really amazing activity with a great and knowladgable host. We have seen lots of turtles and it is just beautiful to enjoy the quiet cruise in this electric boat
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Steve_g
Jan 23, 2026
Family friendly - Relaxing cruise with knowledgeable captain making for a wonderful family experience guaranteed to see turtles
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Keywee2000
Jan 20, 2026
Excellent, well-run tour. Highly recommended. - Fantastic, relaxed, small group tour for spotting turtles. The electric boat makes the experience much more enjoyable than a standard boat. Dave was awesome and full of information. Excellent value for money too, and very handy if you're on a cruise ship visiting Airlie.
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Peter_l
Jan 17, 2026
Turtle safari - A quiet and wonderful trip on an electric boat that takes you to a closeby place where turtle pop their head out of the water. The guide was excellent and knowledgable making the trip enjoyable.
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Christy_h
Jan 17, 2026
Dale is awesome! - Dale was very knowledgeable and friendly and got just as excited as we did when a sea turtle was spotted. Lovely cruise, highly recommend.
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Cristianav167
Dec 29, 2025
Very nice experience - Amazing experience! We saw plenty of turtles and the boat driver was very nice and gave us a lot of interesting information on the turtles and the area. Few people on board and very nice boat
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Sarah_d
Jan 21, 2026
Pleasant to be out on the water. - Very knowledgeable guide. Did see some turtles but only their heads. Saw shipwrecks after the cyclone
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Stev9876
Feb 13, 2026
Avoid- misleading - Total rip off. Simply an expensive one hour boat ride. Didn't see ONE turtle
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Steve_d
Feb 10, 2026
Turtle cruise - Snafus--partly because of cruise boat lack of connection. We signed up for 12:30 but ticket said 9:30. We were on another excursion and couldn't get back--which is why we chose the later time. Cruise went to an unexpected anchor place--too far from meeting place. We could not reach the tour people to let them knw--I did try. It would have been a great trip if we had been able to make everything work. Sorry. . .
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).