Reef life
Book a tourGlass-bottom boat tour
📍 Bill’s BaySee the coral gardens and turtles without getting wet — a Coral Bay staple since 1973.
Family-friendly
Good for beginners
Coral gardens
Calm, sheltered waterCoral Bay’s glass-bottom boats have been showing visitors the reef since 1973, and they are still the easiest way to see it — no swimming required. From dry seats you watch coral, reef fish, turtles, rays and giant clams drift past beneath the hull, with the crew feeding fish and naming what you see.
It is the obvious choice for non-swimmers, small kids and grandparents, with view-only cruises as well as longer trips that add a snorkel stop or a turtle-spotting loop.
How it works
- Short view-only cruises through to longer coral-view-and-snorkel or turtle ecotours; under-5s often free.
Book a tour
Ningaloo Coral BayMiss Coral Bay — glass-bottom cruisesThe original glass-bottom boat, off the beach since 1973 — 1 hr view or 2 hrs with a snorkel.Tour operator- coralbayCoral Bay Ecotours — glass-bottom boatDry-feet coral viewing aboard eco-vessel Nhanya Ku — one hour, or two with a guided snorkel.Tour operator
Independent listings.
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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.
- Bill’s Bay swimA calm, shallow town lagoon — safe and easy for a family dip.
- 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.
- 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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