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Let us take you out to meet the Australian Sea Lions off Jurien Bay; you can join the tour as a Snorkeler or Non Snorkeler.
Turquoise Safaris offers an authentic offshore Eco adventure specialising in smaller, more personalised groups exploring the Jurien Bay Marine Park and is operated by a Jurien Bay Local with the knowledge to ensure you experience the best the area has to offer.
All equipment including wetsuits is supplied, we have snacks, light refreshments and sunscreen on board also.
The minimum number of people required is 6, the maximum we carry is 15. We allow 2 hours for each sea lion tour.
We have a maximum of 45 minutes IN water snorkeling time.
We meet at the Jurien Bay Boat Harbour off Harbour Drive, One of our vessels will be parked up at the floating pontoon behind the information bay. Please be at the Harbour 15 minutes prior to departure of the trip.
Charters run daily depending on weather conditions.Please note:
As we can all appreciate with Mother Nature, every day is different and every tour unique. Our Sea Lion Tours are designed with safety as our top priority, ensuring the well-being of both the sea lions and our guests. While we strive to provide an opportunity for a Sea Lion Interaction, we cannot guarantee that participants will swim with these remarkable animals as all interactions are on their terms. Unfortunately we cannot offer refunds or guarantees. Thanks for understanding!
Any Safaris cancelled by us due to unforeseen circumstances will either be rescheduled or fully refunded.
A Cancellation Fee of 50% of the full price applies to all Sea Lion Tour cancellations received less than 48 hours before departure of the trip.
No Refund in case of no show.
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Getting a hot drink right after the swim was great, and the water (end of September) is ok to swim in even in a short wetsuit. Remember to take warm clothes with you to change into!
There was another boat next to us but the sea lions chose to us mostly swim with us, so I would definately recommend choosing Turquoise Safaris 😉
The tour guides, sorry I can't remember their names (we were there on the 30th 7:30) were so knowledgeable, especially the darker hairs women. I only wish I had warmed up quicker to take in what she was saying!
My top tip is to not fight to be at the front of the group. We hung back because I wasn't as confident in the snorkel as everyone else and it ended up working out for the best, several times the sea lions swam away from the group and right up to us, it was incredible.
The only downsides were; the time of year, after 30 minutes it was bloody freezing (took us hours to warm up afterwards but totally worth it)! And I had assumed we would have had a couple of photos from the tour company. We didn't want to spend the time taking pictures in the water, we wanted to enjoy it, and assumed there would be a picture of two front the team. This is not implied anywhere just my assumption and would have been a nice addition. But over all, great experience. We will be back!
The staff Rosie, Cory and Hunter were professional and helpful. Ensuring that we had the best nature experience possible!
I booked the 7am tour and it was a stunner of a morning.
A quick 10 minute boat ride to the island to be greeted by 8 sea lions sunning themselves on the beach. There were 18 on the beach when we left.
Unfortunately the sea lions didn’t want to have a swim with us. They’re wild animals at the end of the day and we were in their environment, they certainly were not encouraged over to us either.
None the less, it was still awesome to float in the warm water and watch them come in from the ocean. One baby seal getting the zoomies chasing a seagull was certainly a highlight.
I hired the go- pro and would recommend anyone to do it. Great To get footage.
However as the the sea lions weren’t in the water with us, the team kindly refunded my hire of the go - pro and offered everyone a half price voucher for next time. Thankfully I live in WA, so I will definitely use this in the future.
The team were warm, welcoming and had a lot of knowledge about them.
Thanks for a great morning team and I look forward to being back and hopefully swimming with the sea lions
They even had the audacity to ask us to pay more for a second trip ! Are you kidding . Dont do it cause if you dont see them you have thrown your money away , and its expensive !!!!
They also stayed over their allowed time.
Very disappointed that this tour group couldn't share the ocean.
Because of this, we didn’t get any kind of experience or interaction with them. We got somewhat close to their island and were able to spot them on shore from a distance, but otherwise nothing. There’s understandably always a chance the animals won’t approach you in the wild, but at the end of the day we paid 300$ for an experience we didn’t receive.
We got an apology from the kind staff and a voucher for 50% off ‘for next time’, but I would’ve much rather taken at least a partial refund.
Can’t recommend this tour highly enough, was well worth the money.
This local long-standing business with a unique knowledge and experienced team earned Turquoise Safaris Sea Lion Charters extra stars.
As a very bad sailor, always first to be sick on a boat, the 7am 15 minute trip to the close island was perfect for me. Also I rang and checked which day had the best weather for terrible sailors and the girl in the office moved my booking to the calmest day so i managed no problems.
10/10 recommend!
Would definitely recommend that trip.
Then we went down to swim with e sea lions, they were on the beach sunning themselves & sleeping & did not seem to be interested in swimming out to us for a long time so everyone got out of the water, but then several arrived, they were just simply fun & fascinating, most people got back to have a swim, everyone loved them.
We arrived back at Marina about 11.45am so was a great morning.
These guys are very worth going for the cray pull & sea lion tour.
Water was freezing but wet suits were provided. A Swiss couple who initially didn't intend to snorkel couldn't resist the fun! And of course jumped in with us.
The turquoise waters and the unique wild life experience made the teeth chattering experience ALL WORTH WHILE!
- Juliana Kang & family (Singapore)













































