Seal Bay guided tour

Seal Bay guided tour

Access to the beach has been temporarily paused to help protect the sea lion colony. Seal Bay will remain open to visitors with a roaming guide providing interpretation along the boardwalk. No booking is required. Please purchase tickets at the Seal Bay Visitor Centre. Details

Before you book

Please con­sid­er dri­ving times and con­di­tions when choos­ing your tour time and ensure you arrive 15 min­utes before tour departure.

Seal Bay guid­ed tours are now book­able online up to the day before your intend­ed tour (board­walk avail­able for walk-in only). Please ensure you book your tour to avoid dis­ap­point­ment. To check for last-minute avail­abil­i­ty please call the site.

Please check that you have select­ed the cor­rect time, date and num­ber of peo­ple before con­firm­ing your book­ing — thank you!
 

If you would like a pri­vate expe­ri­ence, please con­tact the site on 0447 607 493 or sealbay@​sa.​gov.​au. Pri­vate guide fees apply.

We look for­ward to wel­com­ing you to Seal Bay!

There are no enclo­sures or cages at Seal Bay. Instead, you will be tak­en into the heart of the colony where our expe­ri­enced guides will teach you about the Aus­tralian sea lion. There is nowhere else in the world where you can lis­ten to an expert give you their unique insight into how these endan­gered ani­mals hunt, surf, rest, inter­act with their pups and defend their territory.

This is a 45 minute walk­ing tour you’ll fol­low a board­walk through the dune sys­tem to the beach, and on the way you will have breath­tak­ing views of the colony and the majes­tic coastline.

Our guides have made study­ing the mag­nif­i­cent Aus­tralian sea lion their life’s work. A guid­ed beach tour does not fol­low a stan­dard­ised script. Instead your guide will be inter­pret­ing sea lion behav­iour and what’s hap­pen­ing in the colony – at that very moment. They’ll make sure every­one is safe and keep you at an appro­pri­ate dis­tance (no clos­er than 10 metres), mak­ing sure the sea lions do not feel threat­ened by human presence.

This is a tru­ly excep­tion­al wildlife expe­ri­ence not to be missed. The fee for the Seal Bay Expe­ri­ence also includes access to the board­walk so you are able to see every­thing Seal Bay has to offer

Tour times

Tour times: 9:15am, 10:00am, 10.45am, 11.30am, 12.15pm, 1:15pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm, 4:00pm
Dura­tion: 45 min­utes

* Com­mer­cial Tour Oper­a­tors please con­tact sealbay@​sa.​gov.​au for avail­able times.

Prices

  • Adult: $42.00
  • Concession*: $33.50
  • Child: $23.70
  • Family**: $110.00
  • School group tour (per student, max 25 students): $21.10

* Con­ces­sion — Seniors Card, SA State Con­ces­sion Card, Health Care Card, full-time Aus­tralian sec­ondary or ter­tiary stu­dent card and Com­mon­wealth Seniors Health Ben­e­fit Card or Pen­sion­er Con­ces­sion Card.
** Fam­i­ly — 2 adults & 2 chil­dren OR 1 adult & 3 chil­dren. Any addi­tion­al chil­dren to be charged at 50% of child rate.