Kayak
FreeCoral Bay kayak trail
📍 Bill’s BayPaddle to numbered moorings on the reef, then drop in and snorkel.
Coral gardens
Calm, sheltered waterCoral Bay has one of Ningaloo Marine Park’s four kayak trails: a set of numbered moorings out on the reef, 300 m to about 1.8 km off Bill’s Bay, all within the no-take Maud Sanctuary Zone. You launch off the beach, tie up to a buoy, and snorkel a patch of reef you would otherwise need a boat to reach.
It is a lovely, low-impact way to combine a paddle with deeper-water snorkelling — best on a higher tide and a calm morning, and a step up that suits competent paddlers and snorkellers.
How it works
- Hire a sit-on-top kayak (with a PFD) in town; up to 10 kayaks per mooring.
- Snorkel the moorings on a higher tide; carry the required safety gear offshore.
Book a tour
Coral Bay AdventuresIndependent listings.
More info
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SUP & kayakingWater sportsMore 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.
- Bill’s Bay swimA calm, shallow town lagoon — safe and easy for a family dip.
- 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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