Dolphin-Watching Cruise: Spot Wild Bottlenose Dolphins

Enjoy a 1.5-hour afternoon dolphin-watching cruise that takes you directly to the best spots for sightings of wild bottlenose dolphins. Learn about the playful creatures from your onboard guide and enjoy fantastic views of the Tomaree and Yacaaba headlands as well. Bring your swim gear as there are opportunities to take a dip or ride in the boom net.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Moonshadow-TQC Cruises - Discover why Port Stephens is known as Australia’s Dolphin Capital.
    This cruise boasts a high success rate for dolphin sightings, thrilling boomnet rides, engaging and informative commentary, and a scenic harbour tour featuring the stunning Tomaree and Yacaaba headlands.
    Guests have a unique chance to observe the playful…
What's Included
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • Boom-net Rides
What's Not Included
  • The listed price does not include parking fee applicable along with waterfront
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • Food and drinks
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Transportation to/from attractions
  • Towels & swimming costume for use in the boom-net
  • Lunch
Additional Information
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • Due to the nature of this tour and the safety of all guests, the tour operator reserves the right to refuse service to passengers who are intoxicated or show signs of intoxication. If, as a result, your tour is canceled, you will not be entitled to a refund.
  • Please note we do not run on…
Location
Moonshadow-TQC Cruises Boarding
Boarding commences 15 minutes prior to scheduled departure time. To avoid the risk of missing the cruise during peak times; please ensure you allow yourself ample time to find parking etc, we do suggest that you aim at arriving to the marina 30 - 45 minutes prior to boarding time of your cruise.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Dawn7163
Jan 17, 2025
Above and beyond - There are lots of tourist attractions in port Stephens but few that showed up and opened after a 36 hour power cut and non stop rain. Thanks for giving us something to do with a 4 year old and a hot drink for first time in 24 hours and an iPhone charge. With smiles and happy staff. Saw 2 dolphins but the kids thought they saw hundreds plus a whale and a unicorn so that’s value for money !!
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Len_h
Jan 7, 2025
Fun in the sun! - It was a great time for the family and me, with the Drag Net being a major highlight of the day. Well done!
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Ajit
Jan 7, 2025
Not to miss when in Port Stephens - Fantastic experience, got to see dolphins. Worth the visit. Parking could be an issue so suggest to reach early. In all good experience.
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Z8061uvmanuelad
Jan 6, 2025
Awesome family adventure! - Awesome boat! Friendly crew! Great humorous commentary from the captain! Had awesome sightings of dolphins! Ample time to view and enjoy! Awesome experience! Highly recommended!
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Hirenp512
Dec 28, 2024
Highly Recommended - It's a highly Recommended Trip. We had booked with Friends, but they were not able to attend due to slow traffic from Sydney to Nelson bay.
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K8075etjennifera
Dec 28, 2024
Fabulous experience - Fabulous experience even though we saw just 2 pods of Dolphins one pod had their baby with them. The tour guide gave us a little extra with giving us a history lesson on the area which I loved
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Rajeev_t
Dec 25, 2024
Great experience with the... - Great experience with the cruise and dolphin spotting, kids enjoyed it and we had fun too , the panoramic views on return and the kids playing in the net is worth spending your money on this trip
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Alexandra_z
Dec 22, 2024
A must see in Nelson Bay! - A very informative tour, beautiful scenery and great length, 1.5 hours perfect for everyone, young and old!
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Saritar0
Dec 20, 2024
Excellent - We really Love the rooms, clean and cute rooms. Had a specific parking. view is amazing, close to bay. We enjoyed our stay.❤️✅
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V354uu_
Dec 23, 2024
This one star for dolphins - The experience itself was ok, although they didn't organise the boomnet properly, it was more like to tick the box off. A guy supervising it said to people something like.. it is not your home you need to come out. Another "gentleman" was rude as well and got openly arrogant when I showed him my booking number instead of saying my name. It will be funny if this people in response on my review will say..sorry but we can't recognise you as one of our passengers and we can't find your booking with us.
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