Book a vessel from our fleet for an unforgettable event, exclusive to your guests. Awards nights, client dinners, Christmas parties, product launches with the Gold Coast as your moving backdrop
From 25 guests on a jet boat to 160 on a dinner cruise, or a waterfront sunset deck to see the night through. Find the one that fits.
Six private vessels and one waterfront deck. Scroll to compare, then explore the one that suits your event.
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Food & Beverage
Chef-prepared catering, cooked onsite at our terminal — buffets, canapés, grazing boards, taco spreads or something we’ve never made before. Fully licensed bars with cash tabs, drinks packages by the hour, and BYO on selected vessels.
Ask us for a plan built around your event.
Entertainment & AV
Connect your own playlist through the onboard system, or lift the room with a live guitarist or a DJ. Microphone, screen and AV on most vessels for speeches, presentations and product launches. Tell us what you need to run and we’ll have it ready.
Locations
Sea World, Seaworld Drive
Main Beach, 4217
Board from the Sea World Cruises Terminal on Seaworld Drive, Main Beach. Ample free parking, with a deck and kiosk for pre-event drinks.
10 Ferny Ave, Surfers Paradise QLD 4217
Surfers Paradise departures run from Appel Park Pontoon, in the heart of Surfers Paradise.
Our friendly crew is here to help
Sea World Whale Watch offers an unparalleled whale watching experience on the Gold Coast’s most luxurious vessels. As the region’s longest-running and most awarded whale watching company, Sea World Whale Watch is renowned for its expertise, exceptional service, and commitment to marine conservation. As part of this commitment, a portion of every ticket goes toward the Sea World foundation.
We suggest wearing flat enclosed shoes and bringing a warm jacket, sunglasses, a camera, and seasickness remedy (if required).
Seasickness, also known as motion sickness, travel sickness, airsickness or carsickness, may occur in response to certain types of movement – such as the rocking of a vessel on the ocean. Seasickness is preventable for most individuals. For seasickness advice, visit our seasickness page.
Please allow up to 2.5 hours for the tour.
Our cruises depart from the Sea World Cruises Terminal, Seaworld Drive, Main Beach. Ample free parking is available onsite in the Sea World theme park car park.
Whale watching tours operate in the rain. Rain does not affect the whales’ behaviour, and the vessels have large covered decks for passenger comfort. On rainy days bringing a raincoat is recommended. Ponchos are available for purchase at check-in, subject to availability.
If rough sea conditions are expected, we will notify you at check-in. You can choose to proceed with the tour, reschedule, or receive a full refund. We will only operate if it is safe to do so.
The Sea World Cruises Terminal café offers a selection of sweet and savoury treats, cold drinks, alcoholic beverages (served after 10:00 AM), tea, and percolated coffee. Kindly note: we do not serve barista-style coffee. You are welcome to take items from the café with you onboard.
Snacks, cold drinks and alcoholic beverages (served after 10:00 AM) are available for purchase on board the vessels.
A dedicated photographer will capture your group’s boarding photo and images of the whales during your tour. You can purchase these as prints, which include complimentary digital files, onboard during your return journey. Proceeds support our marine conservation programs.
Find out a pricing estimate, and submit an enquiry to secure your charter.
Select the vessel for your private charter event.
A purpose-built dining vessel with a climate-controlled floor below and an open-air sundeck above, low enough to slip beneath the bridges into the Broadwater's canals where the bigger boats can't follow.
A 160-guest vessel with three viewing levels and a fully licensed bar, built for open water and named after the Gold Coast's most famous visitor. Book for a cocktail evening year round, or exclusively yours to cruise up past South Stradbroke Island and Sanctuary Cove in the warmer months of November to May.
A 160-guest charter vessel working both the Brisbane River and the Gold Coast seaway, built for evening cruising in the city or a full day's exclusive run to Moreton Island or Stradbroke Island.
Up to 50 guests per ferry. Book one, or run both side by side for a group of 100. The deck is covered for year round use, with seating for 50. There are no bathrooms onboard, however there are at each available stop. Ideal for shorter events, or for pre-dinner drinks onroute to the final destination.
Our smaller, more intimate vessel — two levels of Broadwater views, a licensed bar and a kiosk aboard. In the warmer months she'll run your group up to Tipplers or Sanctuary Cove; come winter, she's made for sunset drinks on the Broadwater.
Almost thirteen metres of west-facing waterfront at Main Beach — the best vantage point on the Broadwater for a sunset, and our only venue on dry land. Your exclusively with a Dinner Cruise charter, or reserve an area for your guests when your boat comes back to moor. Minimum spends apply for exclusive use.
The team day that doesn't need a function room. Half an hour of thrills out on the water, then burgers and beers (or nuggets + chips) at your reserved table on the deck. Up to 50 across two boats.
Sea World Cruises acknowledge the Traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Owners of the land, sea and waters on which we operate and recognise their custodianship of culture and Country for over 60,000 years.
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