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📍 Bill’s BayA calm, shallow town lagoon — safe and easy for a family dip.
Family-friendly
Calm, sheltered water
Good for beginnersAway from the boat corridor, Bill’s Bay is a sheltered, shallow swimming beach that stays calm on most days — warm, clear water that shelves gently and glows turquoise in the sun. It is an easy, safe swim and the obvious place to cool off between snorkels.
More to do at Bill’s Bay
- Bill’s Bay reef snorkelWade off the town beach and you’re over coral and fish within a few fin-kicks.
- Coral Bay kayak trailPaddle to numbered moorings on the reef, then drop in and snorkel.
- Bill’s Bay SUPGlassy, protected lagoon water for an easy stand-up paddle.
- Swim with manta raysHover above the reef as resident manta rays bank and barrel-roll below you — Coral Bay’s signature.
- Whale shark swimSnorkel alongside the world’s biggest fish on the outer reef — from a quieter base than Exmouth.
- Swim with humpback whalesOne of the only places in WA you can legally swim with humpback whales — and Coral Bay opens first.
- Glass-bottom boat tourSee the coral gardens and turtles without getting wet — a Coral Bay staple since 1973.
- Outer-reef snorkel cruiseA relaxed boat snorkel over coral the boats reach that you can’t from shore.
- Scuba divingDive grey-reef-shark cleaning stations and coral bommies off the southern reef.
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