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Seal Watching Cruise with Afternoon Tea

Highlights

  • Get up close to thousands of seals at Seal Rocks
  • Watch out for dolphins and penguins as well
  • Complimentary tea, coffee, biscuits and cake

Experience a true eco-cruise along the scenic coast of Phillip Island to Seal Rocks. Feel the atmosphere as the skillful captain manoeuvres the cruise amongst the rocks where thousands of fur seals play! You are in for a truly amazing wildlife and educational eco-experience!

What's included?

  • Scenic eco-cruise along Phillip Island
  • Get up close to thousands of seals at Seal Rocks
  • Complimentary afternoon tea
  • Friendly and experienced crew
  • Onboard commentary

From the time you drive over the bridge to Phillip Island, you are entering into a wildlife zone as the island is home to an abundance of natural wildlife like koalas, penguins and seals.

Your crew will meet you at the northern point of Phillip Island, where you will be boarding one of their modern cruisers. As you depart the jetty, you are welcomed onboard, introduced to the cruise rangers who take you through a few safety demonstrations and tell you a little about the itinerary of the days cruise.

On the way out to Seal Rocks, you will learn about the history, flora and fauna of the Island as special points of interest are past. Then as you get closer to Seal Rocks, you will start to feel the sensation of going over the long swells that come in from Bass Strait. On the most south-westerley point of Phillip Island, you will stop for a look at the great Nobbies Cave for a photo opportunity, then head out across the waters to Seal Rocks where you are drifting amongst thousands of seals.

Your captain and crew will interpret what the seals are doing, with the different antics they get up to as they bask on the nearby rocks. You will be within just a few metres of the seals all whilst in the comfort and safety of your boat. After spending 20 to 30 minutes with the seals, the cruiser will commence a return trip, whilst the captain points out the scenic southern coastline and will encourage you to watch out for the resident dolphins or penguins as you cruise back.

On the return trip, you can enjoy complimentary afternoon tea including tea/coffee, biscuits and cake, or purchase drink or two from the licensed bar.

Important information

  • Available daily at 2pm year round
  • Please arrive 15 mins before departure time for boarding
  • Extra cruises operating during school holidays

For passengers’ safety, the front deck (bow) is restricted to persons over 1 metre tall.

  • This cruise takes you into open Bass Strait waters and can be rough at time. Passengers suffering from motion sickness are advised to take any necessary precautions
  • Passengers must be able to climb up to 11 steps to board the cruiser
  • Participants must be 18 years of age or older to purchase alcohol on board
  • Changes or cancellation for your booking can be made up to 24 hours before the start time of your experience
  • Changes are not permitted within 24 hours of your experience
  • Late arrivals or no shows may result in you forfeiting your experience

The price quoted is for one adult. We can take a maximum of 70 passengers on the cruise and operate with a maximum of 25 people to each cruise ranger to ensure a more personalised service.

This cruise is weather dependent.

Please wear something warm in the cooler weather and a hat and sunscreen is recommended on sunny days.

This experience depart from Cowes, Phillip Island - approximately 1.5 hours drive south-east of Melbourne.

Reviews

4.8
27 reviews
5 stars 23
4 stars 3
3 stars 1
2 stars 0
1 star 0
Recommended

Brilliant Seal watching Afternoon Tea Cruise

Angela 12 February 2026

Had an amazing experience on the Seal watching Afternoon Tea Cruise. Crew were awesome, very knowledgeable and supportive. Will be going again.

Customer Experience

Hi Angela, your feedback is important to us, and we’re so glad to hear that you enjoyed your experience!

12 February 2026

Recommended

Phillip Island Seal cruise.

Rose 15 October 2024

This was an absolutely excellent experience. Narrated by the Captain with Local information and lots of interesting facts relating to the seals. On occasions you can also see Whales there also. There is an actual Whale watching cruise which is seasonal. Fabulous outing.

Customer Experience

Hi Rose, it is always great to hear about the wonderful experiences our customers have, thank you for sharing!

15 October 2024

Recommended

What an A M A Z I N G afternoon adventure

GEORGINA 24 February 2024

Definitely a wonderful day achieving invaluable memories - to observe the colony of seals.... and also see the surprise visit of frisky dolphins jumping waves alongside the boat. Wow!!

Recommended

Seal Rock watching and afternoon tea

Paulette 11 January 2024

We had a ball on the Wildlife boat cruise Boat. The staff were amazing. Very informative. Kids got to drive the boat, which they loved. Great exper

Refund Policy

Saira 1 February 2023

I cant find a way to contact this company directly to ask this question. And this information is not provided in the description. If the cruise is cancelled by the company due to weather or limited numbers, will we get a full refund? I am travelling from interstate and my rescheduling options are limited. Thanks.

Such a good day seeing the seals!!

Sarah 17 September 2022

Took my friend out for her birthday and we absolutely loved seeing all the seals! The weather wasn’t the greatest but it was still so nice and the crew were so lovely and helpful!! Highly recommend for a day out!

Seal Watching was Amazing! Bonus Dolphins Also!

Bill 27 March 2022

Fantastic cruise from start to finish, very friendly, professional crew. Informative commentary on the voyage, spectacular views all the way and simply amazing up-close, very, very close encounter with 1000s of seals! The pups coming withing 2-3m of the boat to play and check out us humans! As a bonus the Capt spotted some dolphins following the boat, he slowed down and circled to allow us to see them, then they escorted us on our way for about 15 more minutes! Overall brilliant - highly recommended!

RedBalloon

Hi Bill, thanks for your feedback. I am thrilled to hear you had a great cruise - thanks for sharing the photos and video - the dolphins and seals are such inquisitive mammals. Ready to book your next RedBalloon experience? Thanks, Elise

7 April 2022

Seal Rocks trip.

Son Nguyen 28 January 2022

It was an excellent experience with great service from staff onboard.

The seal watching cruise was a blast

Jade 8 January 2022

Our family had a great time on the seal cruise. Enjoyable for all ages, we all enjoyed learning about the seals, watching them play and swim around us and the staff aboard the cruise were lovely.

Great way to experience the coast!

Phoebe 12 April 2021

Had a great experience going along the Phillip Island Coast and the crew/staff were lovely & helpful. Even if you don't see much its still a great experience!

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