Marine Eco Safari: Year-round Ningaloo Reef Experience with Manta Rays
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380 Ratings
Coral Bay

Our Marine Eco Safari is an incredible way to experience the Ningaloo Reef! Coral Bay’s resident Manta Rays are regularly encountered all year round.

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Coral Bay EcoTours - Your tour begins at 8 am at the Coral Bay Ecotours office (unless otherwise informed), followed by a short bus transfer to the jetty to board the vessel. Then we head out for your first reef snorkel experience in Bills Bay, where you may encounter numerous fish, reef sharks, and other marine species and the beautiful coral gardens. After morning tea you will visit the sea turtle sanctuary where you can observe turtles feeding and surfacing for air. We then head to Bateman’s Bay, where, with the assistance of a spotter plane, there is the opportunity to snorkel with Manta Rays. On the return home, we stop for an afternoon snorkel.
What's Included
  • Lunch included
  • Afternoon tea provided
  • Complimentary snacks
  • Tea and coffee available
What's Not Included
  • Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
Location
Coral Bay EcoTours
Robinson Street
We are located in People's Park Shopping village, next door to Fins' Cafe'
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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P6034pkruthg
May 12, 2024
A gorgeous say - After a long early morning drive from Exmouth (I recommend getting accomodation at Coral Bay) we were met with friendly staff. The operation was well run with clear briefings. Everyone was treated to swim with Isabel the Manta Ray several times. She didn’t seem to mind us at all, just going about her business as she gracefully swam under us. The other snorkeling sites were pristine and we swam with many green turtles. It was a gorgeous way the spend the day. Also, the photos taken were amazing.
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Venture46688988853
May 12, 2024
Not to be missed. Excellent - We had the best day snorkelling with mantarays. The entire crew were super friendly, knowledgeable and made the whole experience fun. They went out of their way to ensure we saw every manta ray possible. The extra snorkelling was relaxed and beautiful. The snacks and lunch were generous and delicious. We took the photo package and are so happy to have fabulous images to share with others. We would highly recommend this tour. It was perfection.
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Colinst5350zh
May 5, 2024
Swimming with Manta Rays - Had such a great day out with the guys today for the Manta Ray Snorkel. The reef snorkel was excellent and the guys were so helpful and genuine to deal with. We had 4 snorkels with the Manta’s as we had a small group , felt especially privileged to snorkel with “Freckle”. She performed barrel roll’s continuously while she fed. Surprised the hell out of me when I thought I’d lost sight of her and she came straight out of the murk up towards me and did it 5 times while I hovered motionless, not daring to move! The end of the day was capped off with some great snorkeling with some turtles! 🥰 Can’t recommend these guys enough , was bloody sensational!! Cheers #chellieandcoltravels
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Greenbeck
May 4, 2024
Amazing mantas - I went out in hope of a glimpse but it was so much better. Great welcome and safety briefing by the crew. The initial stop (checking equipment etc) allowed us to see corals and many small fish but also octopus. We then clambered back on board. We awaited the news on mantas. We cruised to what we hoped was to be an encounter and dropped off to see amazing mantas. A quick reposition and we were in again with many mantas, some barrel rolling. A truly awesome experience. We had a freelance photographer with us so I happily paid the extra to get a photographic record of the wonderful underwater creatures we saw. Thank you to all who ran this and for sharing such an experience.
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562soniag
May 1, 2024
Highly recommend! - Had a fabulous time with the team at Coral Bay EcoTours! We did the Eco Safari and saw two manta rays, reef sharks, beautiful corals, octupus, turtles, and sooo many fish. It was an incredible experience, not just cause of the wildlife, but the team went above and beyond to make everyone feel comfortable, safe, and having a great time. Guided snorkels, all equipment provided including suits, and delicious food/snacks on board. Thank you to the team - super friendly, kind and professional! Highly recommend if in the area! We personally found the snorkeling on this tour in coral bay to be more interesting from a coral/wildlife perspective than snorkeling tours from exmouth. You see a lot more compared to Bill's Bay as well!
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Nausica_giri
Apr 29, 2024
Mesmerising must do experience - Mesmerising! So many manta rays flipping next to us ! The crew was amazing , They gave us the best experience! Also Great food
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Jenny
Apr 27, 2024
Amazing day out with Coral Bay Eco tours - Great day out with Coral bay Eco tours. The crew were amazing. Very friendly and helpful and their knowledge of the reef was outstanding. We saw turtles, a sea snake , a large loggerhead turtle, dolphins, rays, amazing coral and the absolute highlight was swimming with the Mantarays. That was the most awesome experience. The ocean was so beautifully calm and we got the best view. The tour also included a lovely lunch. Our tour photographer Dan went out of his way to take some amazing photos. Our guide Paula for group 2 was outstanding with her knowledge and ensured we had the best view possible of the Mantarays. Would highly recommend this tour.
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Rochelleforster
May 17, 2024
We did not see Mantarays but did snorkel - We got up at dawn as we were staying in Exmouth which is 1 ½ hours away. They kept changing the date (I think it was to fill the boat which had 30 people on it). We did not see Mantarays that day (and I think they knew that before we left) but wild animals do are not predictable. We did 3 snorkels and 2 of them were very nice. The 2nd, had too many people in the water and waiting for the last folks to get out of the boat vs going in 3 groups was not good. They did have a lot of staff so there were always staff around everyone which was nice. We did see lovely fish, shark station, turtle station. The corals were amazing. So different from Ningaloo reef and much more beautiful and bigger.
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L8055gehannaht
May 7, 2024
Manta Ray and Coral Bay Snorkeling - Coral bay is a beautiful location and the tour allowed me to snorkel at some amazing locations water very clear. Unfortunately the water was bit more murky where the Manta Rays were so didn’t get a clear view but no fault of company. Unfortunately on the day I did the tour there was 30 people in my opinion this is too many for size of boat. I have done many snorkeling tours around the world and felt like if it was too crowded. The guides wanted to ensure group stayed together during snorkelling sites, no assessment of skills as usually they take less confident swimmers on tour around coral where I would have appreciated more independently obviously staying in a designated area which is how other tours usually run things and also this was method used in Exmouth for snorkeling after my whale shark experience. As with 30 people splashing and kicking very unlikely to see any wildlife. I did have a good experience as stayed at front but would have preferred more time to explore independently obviously in proximity of boat vision and crew. The crew are absolutely lovely and we’re very knowledgeable I hope some of my feedback is taken into consideration as other guests on trip also voiced similar experience.
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Stephaniepw2822xu
May 17, 2024
Wildlife incredible, staff not so great - Plenty of wildlife, we saw turtles, sharks and of course the beautiful Manta Ray. It was great. Unfortunately the staff weren't very interested in interacting with their guests and more busy interacting with each other. The photographer was great, he was helpful and also took the time to assist. Paying this much for a tour I expected a bit better customer service from the rest of the staff. I won't be recommending this company
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