Adventure Bay Charters in Port Lincoln

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  Jesse Duddington

  :: 23 January 2018 16:35:05

  Terrible day, below average care for their job is taken by the crew onboard, didn't see a shark all day because no chum in the water. As much as its advertised that they are having peak seasons blah blah its all a scam, go on a boat which chums the water. We could see the calypso boat beside us with sharks through out the day. Only gave them 1 star because i had to, to be able to post

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  Rotorua Peterpans

  :: 20 January 2018 07:40:37

  I did my cage dive almost 6 months ago with Adventure Bay Charters (I know - I'm late to do this review - Sorry guys!!). Since then I've travel the Australian Outback, West Coast, Top End and North Island of New Zealand. My Cage Dive with ABC stands out as my favourite experience of the trip so far! From start to finish I was blown away by how kind, caring and professional the staff were. We saw our first shark within 10 minutes of arriving at the Neptune Islands and within an hour everyone on the boat had been through either the cage or AquaSub and seen a Shark (both in my case!) The food was plentiful and so good - I didn't eat much because I was sea sick but the guys made sure i had lots of ginger tea and water and honestly took such good care of me! The next day I went back out and swam with the Sea Lions - SO much fun & I felt so safe!! The pictures they took both days were amazing!! Thanks so much - will 100% be back to do it again some day!!!

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  Simon Richards

  :: 08 January 2018 19:27:37

  Awesome experience. My recommendation! Do it. Staff great, experience of a lifetime a d a full day. Cant say enough good things about this. Take trav sickness meds.

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  Carol Wildbore

  :: 07 January 2018 12:41:50

  Great day out Shark watching. Wonderful staff customer service is brilliant. Thanks for having us we highly recommend to anyone.

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  Tiffani Simmons-Mack

  :: 01 January 2018 20:00:13

  Absolutely horrible. We used them for shark cage diving. My husband and I flew to Port Lincoln to go shark cage diving. We unfortunately were booked with this company. We did not realize that this company is the only shark cage diving company in Australia that does not use bait or chum the water. Our excursion was booked by a travel agent. They have their reasons for not using bait, dumb as they may be. And their reasons would be fine if they had other effective ways to attract sharks but they do not. Instead they play rock music, typically ACDC, they smack the water and make noises to attract the sharks, which does not work. So what happens is that you have a shark cage expedition without sharks. It isn't that they can't control mother nature, they aren't really trying. Instead they take your money and waste your time. All of their competitors use bait and chum. The day that we were out on the water, one of their competitors, Calypso, was also on the water. Calypso uses chum/bait. The next day at the airport, we ran into people who were on the Calypso boat and they saw sharks. They were on the same water, on the same day, at the same time. They saw sharks and we didn't because this company is a scam. There is no reason to use this company and take the chance of not seeing any sharks, which is what happened to us. It is an embarrassing story. To make people feel better, they had an open bar of cheap beer on the ride home and gave each person a voucher for 50% off their next shark cage diving expedition with them which must be used within 2 years. We are from New York. When is the next time we are going to be in Port Lincoln, Australia and if we are ever in the area again, we will use Calypso. I would never recommend Adventure Bay Charters. We paid for shark cage diving not a boat ride. My advice for this company is to stop scamming people and chum the water like every other company in Australia. If you are considering them, look at the competition. Also, the boat is too small and the wet suits smell so bad they can make you gag. But nothing is as bad as not seeing sharks!! They did claim that one shark came by but no one saw it, except the workers. Scam much?! I see that the company likes to respond to reviews and talk about the way they use music to attract sharks but no matter what they say, there were no sharks coming by our boat, even though the Calypso boat which was about 100m away saw sharks. To the owner, write what you want in response to my review but you are ripping people off. I listened to the on board briefing on how your company supposedly attracts sharks with music and vibration but there were no sharks. You can say whatever you want but nothing changes the fact that there were no sharks. Clearly your method does not attract sharks if the sharks wouldn't even come by your boat but went by the Calypso boat. Yes, the crew is nice. Yes, there is food on the boat. BUT THERE WERE NO SHARKS, which is all that matters! Without sharks, it is just cage diving on a boat tour. Which is not what we paid for. To potential customers, look elsewhere. Don't waste your time or money. I hear Calypso is good.