Whale Shark Safari Swim: Witness the Majestic Marine Life in Coral Bay
4.8
116 Ratings
Coral Bay

Dive alongside the sea’s largest creatures! Don’t neglect this adventure. Coral Bay witnesses the yearly visit of Whale Sharks from March to June.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Coral Bay Ecotours - Your tour begins at 7:30 am at the Coral Bay Ecotours office, followed by a short bus transfer to the jetty to board the vessel. Then we head out for your first reef snorkel experience in the beautiful coral gardens, where you may encounter numerous fish, reef sharks, and other marine species.

After morning tea, we begin our journey to the outer reef. By this time our spotter plane is already searching for our whale sharks and informing us of any other exciting marine life spotted along the way! We will do our best to allow you to experience as much wildlife as possible during our tour. Once our spotter plane has found a whale shark, our boat will make its way there. Guests will be split into 2 groups of 10 and take turns to swim with the whale shark. To ensure that we don’t disturb its natural habits, we are allowed a maximum one hour of swimming time with the whale shark.

We stop along the way home for a second reef snorkel at a different site.

What's Included
  • Afternoon tea
  • Tour escort/host
  • Lunch
  • Glass of Champagne
  • Tea and coffee
What's Not Included
  • Additional DPaW fee payable prior to departure ($20 per adult and $10 per child)
Location
Coral Bay
Address: Coral Bay Ecotours, Shop 4 Peoples' park shopping village, Robinson Street, Coral Bay, Western Australia Directions: Our shop is located in People's Park Shopping Village, next to Fins Cafe' Dates: See Availability
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(116 Ratings)
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Samanthacr7015og
Jun 8, 2024
Perfect day! - Had the most perfect day. Staff were great, passionate and knowledgeable. Weather was on our side as well as the whale shark who put on a performance while we snorkelled. Got to see 3 different reef sharks, lots of turtles and heaps of other marine life. Was definitely living my best life drinking champagne on the bough as we travelled back through the turquoise waters at the end of the day. Totally recommend!
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F5051tcstellaw
May 16, 2024
Recommend!!! - Amazing tour and amazing crew! Thank you 😍 got to see one beautiful whale shark four times and also did two snorkels in the reef.
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926camerone
May 13, 2024
Fantastic day with a great crew and excellent boat. - Had a fantastic day and we were lucky enough to see a whale shark. The crew were fantastic and were very helpful. Highly recommend this as a once in a lifetime experience. Enjoyed the touch at the end too.
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Sarah
May 12, 2024
Wonderful experience from start to finish! - At the first snorkel point we saw lots of fish and turtles. The staff were attentive, well mannered, skilful and having fun. An hour and a half later the plane had spotted a whale shark and minutes later another closer to us. We gathered quickly into our gear and 4 swims later we were all experienced something amazing. We were so well fed throughout the trip and even managed a reef swim on the return leg. Thank you Ecotours!
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Jaimerx8028hh
May 12, 2024
Awesome day with the whale sharks - Great day out with great staff and good food. Staff were very informative and enthusiastic. Food catered well for gluten free and kids loved this tour. Such a great experience swimming with the whale shark and turtles. Beautiful weather and conditions.
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Maps53416570899
May 12, 2024
Awesome experience - The whole experience was awesome. Everything from how the tour was run, the food, the whales and snorkelling the outer reef in the afternoon. The staff were amazing and highly recommend this company.
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Seaside59195994492
Apr 25, 2024
A once-in-a-lifetime experience - We did the full day Whaleshark tour yesterday which couldn't have been more fabulous!!! The team were all great, friendly, well trained and organised - absolutely super. Everything worked like clockwork (© we are from Switzerland). And the fish we saw was mindboggling. At one time we were in the water with 4 whalesharks around us, plus a couple of Manta rays plus other rays - just an incredible experience. We were in the water at least 6 times and each time they timed the going-in perfectly so we could make the most of the time in the water and with the fish. It was an absolutely great day and we would like to extend our THANK YOU to the entire team on today's tour plus the people in the background makingt all happen. A once in a lifetime experience!!
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Wernersm2918vg
May 24, 2024
Nature on the high seas - It was a very nice trip with a motivated team. We even saw a whale shark, even if it was only for a short time - it's just nature... The bottom line is that we expected more from swimming with a whale shark, but if you love nature, you'll be happy with less. There's never a guarantee!
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826karmenr
Jun 1, 2024
Bad - Did not see any whale sharks. Got told the day before it was likely to be cancelled due to wind. Unfortunately it still went ahead! Should of been cancelled as the spotter in the plane couldn’t see anything
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W5996itjens
May 1, 2024
Whale shark experience - Went on whale sharks dive today , Was truly amazing 🤩 Great team Very helpful and made sure our trip was memorable They went to every effort to make sure we got to see whales sharks and a lot of marine life even got to see whales Thanks for an amazing experience
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