Hospitality & travel · October 2026 figures
Boat Tours, Charters & Cruises in Australia
The Agentize Directory ranks 887 boat tours, charters & cruises across 37 Australian cities and towns. The top-ranked nationally are Go Whale Watching Sydney in Sydney (5.0 from 1,867 reviews), Arro Jet Boating Gold Coast on the Gold Coast (5.0 from 1,434 reviews) and Taste the Barossa in Adelaide (5.0 from 1,191 reviews).
- Ranked
- 887
- Cities and towns
- 37
- Median rating
- 4.8
- With a website
- 92%
Boat Tours, Charters & Cruises at a glance
- 92% of boat tours, charters & cruises in the directory list a website, 94% a phone number and 82% their opening hours.
- 91% of those with hours open on Saturday and 87% on Sunday.
- 94 list round-the-clock hours every day of the week.
- Their median Google rating is 4.8, from 182,273 reviews in all.
- Sydney has the most (226), then Gold Coast (81) and Melbourne (80).
- Of the cities with twenty or more, Gold Coast has the highest median rating (4.9).
- Spirit of Tasmania, Geelong Terminal in Geelong has the most Google reviews of any boat tour operator listed (4,187).
The ten best-proven boat tours, charters & cruises in Australia
- 1Go Whale Watching SydneySydney · 5.0 from 1,867 · Proven 4.99
- 2Arro Jet Boating Gold CoastMain Beach, Gold Coast · 5.0 from 1,434 · Proven 4.99
- 3Taste the BarossaClarence Park, Adelaide · 5.0 from 1,191 · Proven 4.98
- 4Gold Coast Sailing ChartersSouthport, Gold Coast · 5.0 from 1,056 · Proven 4.98
- 5Whale Tales Whale Watching SydneySydney · 5.0 from 858 · Proven 4.98
- 6Noosa Queen Sunset CruiseTewantin, Sunshine Coast · 5.0 from 738 · Proven 4.97
- 7Ocean ExtremeSydney · 5.0 from 727 · Proven 4.97
- 8Aria CruisesCleveland, Brisbane · 5.0 from 694 · Proven 4.97
- 9Margaret River Discovery ToursMargaret River · 5.0 from 685 · Proven 4.97
- 10Freedom EcotoursUrangan, Hervey Bay · 5.0 from 642 · Proven 4.97
Boat Tours, Charters & Cruises in New South Wales
Top boat tours, charters & cruises across New South Wales
Sydney
226 ranked · median 4.8
Go Whale Watching Sydney 5.0 · 1,867
Newcastle
21 ranked · median 4.8
CoastXP 5.0 · 429
Central Coast
20 ranked · median 4.7
The Riverboat Postman 4.8 · 1,325
Nelson Bay
17 ranked · median 4.7
Tea Gardens BBQ Boats 5.0 · 94
Forster
9 ranked · median 4.4
Blue Peter Boatshed Forster 4.7 · 178
Yamba
6 ranked · median 4.9
Go Fish Yamba Charters 4.9 · 103
Batemans Bay
5 ranked · median 4.6
Game On Charters 4.9 · 151
Wollongong
5 ranked · median 4.9
Aquilla Fishing Charters 4.9 · 129
Port Macquarie
4 ranked · median 4.7
Port Jet Cruises 4.7 · 527
Tweed Heads
4 ranked · median 4.5
Berger Houseboat Holidays - Tweed Heads NSW 4.8 · 411
Ballina
4 ranked · median 5.0
Ballina Byron Marine Adventures 5.0 · 594
Boat Tours, Charters & Cruises in Victoria
Boat Tours, Charters & Cruises in Queensland
Top boat tours, charters & cruises across Queensland
Gold Coast
81 ranked · median 4.9
Arro Jet Boating Gold Coast 5.0 · 1,434
Brisbane
52 ranked · median 4.8
Aria Cruises 5.0 · 694
Sunshine Coast
46 ranked · median 4.8
Noosa Queen Sunset Cruise 5.0 · 738
Cairns
38 ranked · median 4.7
Pure Snorkelling 5.0 · 631
Airlie Beach
36 ranked · median 4.8
Portland Roads 5.0 · 514
Port Douglas
20 ranked · median 4.8
Shaolin Port Douglas Sunset Sailing and Reef tours 4.9 · 532
Hervey Bay
19 ranked · median 4.8
Freedom Ecotours 5.0 · 642
Townsville
15 ranked · median 4.9
Aquascene Magnetic Island 5.0 · 320
Yeppoon
5 ranked · median 4.8
Freedom Fast Cats 4.8 · 938
Gladstone
3 ranked · median 4.5
Curtis Ferry Services 4.5 · 129
Boat Tours, Charters & Cruises in Western Australia
Top boat tours, charters & cruises across Western Australia
Perth
52 ranked · median 4.8
Exclusive Charters 5.0 · 318
Broome
11 ranked · median 5.0
Diversity Charters 5.0 · 134
Mandurah
10 ranked · median 5.0
Mandurah Cruises 4.7 · 1,137
Albany
5 ranked · median 4.8
Albany River boat Tours Kalgan Queen Cruises 4.9 · 437
Margaret River
4 ranked · median 5.0
Margaret River Discovery Tours 5.0 · 685
Karratha
3 ranked · median 5.0
Old Mate's Fishing Adventures 5.0 · 20
Busselton
3 ranked · median 4.9
All Sea Charters Busselton 4.9 · 304
Esperance
3 ranked · median 4.6
Esperance Diving And Fishing 4.8 · 51
Boat Tours, Charters & Cruises in South Australia
Boat Tours, Charters & Cruises in Tasmania
Boat Tours, Charters & Cruises in the Australian Capital Territory
Boat Tours, Charters & Cruises in the Northern Territory
Boat Tours, Charters & Cruises by suburb
The suburbs with the most boat tours, charters & cruises listed. Every one has its own ranked list.
- Main Beach, QLD 27
- Cairns City, QLD 23
- Docklands, VIC 18
- Surfers Paradise, QLD 14
- Mooloolaba, QLD 14
- Urangan, QLD 13
- Pyrmont, NSW 11
- Drummoyne, NSW 11
- Rose Bay, NSW 10
- Fremantle, WA 10
- Noosaville, QLD 10
- Tewantin, QLD 9
- Southport, QLD 8
- Darwin City, NT 8
- Newport, NSW 7
- Cleveland, QLD 7
- Runaway Bay, QLD 7
- Mosman, NSW 6
- Palm Beach, NSW 6
- Berowra Waters, NSW 5
- Brooklyn, NSW 5
- Townsville City, QLD 5
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Questions
Who are the best boat tours, charters & cruises in Australia?
The top-ranked nationally are Go Whale Watching Sydney in Sydney (5.0 from 1,867 reviews), Arro Jet Boating Gold Coast on the Gold Coast (5.0 from 1,434 reviews) and Taste the Barossa in Adelaide (5.0 from 1,191 reviews). Each list is ranked city by city by proven rating, the Google rating weighted by the reviews behind it.
Which Australian city has the most boat tours, charters & cruises?
In the Agentize Directory, Sydney has the most boat tours, charters & cruises (226), followed by Gold Coast (81), Melbourne (80) and Brisbane (52).
Where are boat tours, charters & cruises rated highest?
Among cities with at least twenty boat tours, charters & cruises listed, Gold Coast has the highest median Google rating: 4.9 across 81 businesses.
How many boat tours, charters & cruises list their opening hours?
82% of the 887 boat tours, charters & cruises in the directory list opening hours on Google; of those, 91% open on Saturday and 87% on Sunday.
Ratings and review counts are Google's, as listed in October 2026. Phone numbers, websites and opening hours are the ones each business lists on Google. No business pays to be listed or to move up, and none is verified or endorsed by Agentize. How the ranking works.