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Shark Cage Diving One Day Tour
Highlights
- Experience thrilling encounters with Great White Sharks using natural fish berley for optimal sightings and interactions.
- Enjoy a comfortable day on the water with vessels equipped with Gyroscopic Stabilizers to minimise seasickness.
- Select your ideal diving day by checking real-time shark sightings displayed since January 2011.
- Savour a hassle-free adventure with all food and diving equipment included, no dive experience required.
More people choose to shark cage dive with Great White Sharks with Calypso Star Charters than any other operator in Australia! Proudly Advanced Eco Certified and a Climate Action Leader they are privileged to be the only one day operator to hold a licence to use natural fish berley to attract the sharks giving you the best chance of sightings and interactions on the day!
Their shark cage diving vessels are fitted with a Gyroscopic Stabilizer. This greatly minimises seasickness and increases comfort throughout the day.
They are the only operator who display shark sightings on their website and social media for every charter since January 2011. This honesty gives guests the ability to choose the best time to come and provide realistic expectations. Average success rate is 81 per cent over the year.
A Visitor Use Fee is payable by all guests entering the Ron and Valerie Taylor Marine Park (Neptune Islands).
Price includes all food and diving equipment on the day and no dive experience is required! No hidden extra fees payable on board.
No minimum passengers and the most tour departures available by an operator.
Itinerary highlights
Neptune Island Marine Park
Thorny Passage
Neptune Islands
Hopkins Island
Tour details
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Available from 7 November 2025 to 30 June 2027
Features
Service facilities
Sevice Activity
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
Hearing
Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
Operation information
Calypso Star Charters
Calypso Star Charters is multi-award winning, Advanced Eco Certified and a Climate Action Leader.
Awarded Australia’s Best Tourist Attraction in 2019, Hall of Fame recipient for Adventure Tourism and the People’s Choice for the Best Attraction in South Australia in 2018 & 2019!
Based in Port Lincoln on the Eyre Peninsula, Calypso Star Charters have operated cage diving tours for Great White Sharks since 1990. Privileged to be the only one-day operator who is permitted to use natural fish berley to attract the Great White Sharks. This sustainable practice provides you with the best possible chance of a shark sighting and productive interaction resulting in a memorable encounter.
Calypso Star Charters also operate Swim with the Sealions tours giving you the opportunity to swim with Australian Sealions, the most adorable ‘puppy dogs of the sea’. This half day tour is often described as one of the most interactive wildlife tours you can do!
Combo Tours are also offered where you can swim with Sealions and shark dive all in the same day at two different locations!
Activities
Accreditations
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Climate Action Leader Certified by Ecotourism Australia
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ECO Certified (Advanced Ecotourism) by Ecotourism Australia
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EcoStar Accreditation
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Sustainable Tourism Accreditation by ATIC
Memberships
- Australian Tourism Export Council
- Charter Vessel Association
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