Southern Ocean Adventure
This breathtaking 90 minute tour departs from the Granite Island Causeway and cruises between the mainland and the northern side of Granite Island, affording spectacular views of both the Victor Harbor shoreline and the island. Once past the breakwater The Big Duck picks up its pace. Seal Rock is the first stop, where Long Nosed Fur Seals and Australian Sea Lions bask in the sun between fishing forays and swimming out to the boat for a sticky-beak! Then on past the huge granite boulders of Wright Island and the Bluff, with Shark Alley in between where your guide talks about the whaling history of the area.
Many visitors to Victor Harbor never venture past Petrel Cove on the western side of The Bluff, but this is where passengers on The Big Duck are in for a real treat! West Island is a Conservation Park, complete with a research hut used by the universities and park rangers. From the back of the island another colony of seals and sea lions can be found basking on the rocks and swimming in the shallows. Seabirds abound in this remote area and often pods of Common and Bottlenose Dolphins can be spotted playing or feeding. The Big Duck heads further west past the darkly spectacular cliffs of Kings Beach and Waitpinga before turning around and heading back to Granite Island Causeway
Public Cruises are available for booking, or private charters on enquiry.
Please contact our Reservations team on bookings@thebigduck.com.au 08 8555 2203
About the Program
This breathtaking 90 minute tour departs from the Granite Island Causeway and cruises between the mainland and the northern side of Granite Island, affording spectacular views of both the Victor Harbor shoreline and the island. Once past the breakwater The Big Duck picks up its pace. Seal Rock is the first stop, where Long Nosed Fur Seals and Australian Sea Lions bask in the sun between fishing forays and swimming out to the boat for a sticky-beak! Then on past the huge granite boulders of Wright Island and the Bluff, with Shark Alley in between where your guide talks about the whaling history of the area.
Many visitors to Victor Harbor never venture past Petrel Cove on the western side of The Bluff, but this is where passengers on The Big Duck are in for a real treat! West Island is a Conservation Park, complete with a research hut used by the universities and park rangers. From the back of the island another colony of seals and sea lions can be found basking on the rocks and swimming in the shallows. Seabirds abound in this remote area and often pods of Common and Bottlenose Dolphins can be spotted playing or feeding. The Big Duck heads further west past the darkly spectacular cliffs of Kings Beach and Waitpinga before turning around and heading back to Granite Island Causeway
Public Cruises are available for booking, or private charters on enquiry.
Please contact our Reservations team on bookings@thebigduck.com.au 08 8555 2203
Further Infomation
Big Duck - Victor Harbor: tours currently depart from the Granite Island Causeway, (Off Flinders Parade/Esplanade), Victor Harbor/Encounter Bay, South Australia. Our vessel boards from landing approximately 200m out along the Causeway.
Waterproof jackets are provided on board the boat. Temperatures out on the ocean are often 10 degrees cooler than on the land, even on a summers day it can be cool. Please rug up in winter during whale season.
Please find parking around Flinders Parade/Esplanade area, and then walk ~200m out along causeway to boat landing & The Big Duck crew & vessel. ENSURE YOU ARRIVE AT LEAST 15-MIN PRIOR TO DEPARTURE TIME.
Objectives
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