Great Southern Reef

WaterMaarq tours provide unforgettable wildlife experiences along the spectacular Mornington Peninsula coastline helping you enjoy the best time to see birdlife, whales, dolphins, seadragons and unique fish near Melbourne on a cruise, whether months in the planning or last minute.

Extending around Australia’s southern coastline is the Great Southern Reef, holding some of the most productive ecosystems on the planet. Featuring extensive kelp seaweed forests that support many marine species that are not found anywhere else on Earth, ornate weedy seadragons, smoothrays (the largest stingray species), vibrant sponges, amazing nudibranchs, molting spider crabs, as well as world famed rock lobster and abalone. Not to mention our dolphins in Port Phillip Bay are a unique and protected population!
See more about our temperate reef wildlife here.
Join our most popular dolphin boat tours and discover the temperate water jewels of the Great Southern Reef chain, right here in Sorrento, Victoria.

Stay above the water and join our Sorrento boat tours on the Seal and Dolphin Watching and Wildlife Eco Boat Tour or see soaring birdlife on the Mud Island and South Channel Fort Birdlife Cruise. Snorkellers and marine enthusiasts will enjoy the fun of the RIB boat and be mesmerised by the colour and vibrance of the fish, seals and seadragons on the amazing Dolphin Swim and Seal Snorkel Great Southern Reef boat tour, visiting marine parks and wildlife you won’t see anywhere else. Intrepid travellers will love the adventure of the winter whale watching and wildlife eco boat tour, an incredible tour along the Mornington Peninsula coastline. Certified freedivers will explore new underwater terrain, wrecks and coastline during a Freediving Adventure Tour.

Not certified as a freediver? WaterMaarq has PADI Freediver certification courses for everyone…begin now!