Book your water taxi in 30 seconds.
Live fares · Instant confirmation · Licensed skippers around the country.
- 6am–10pm
- Service hours
- < 20 min
- Avg pickup
- 100%
- Licensed skippers
Route drops, event slots & subscriber-only fares.
One thoughtful email at a time. New service areas, NYE & Vivid availability, and quiet discounts we don't publish anywhere else.
- First access to New Year's Eve & Vivid Sydney slots
- New wharves, new operators, new routes — the day they go live
- Subscriber-only fare drops on charter and limo trips
- 5.0★39 Google reviews
- LicensedAMSA-surveyed skippers
- InsuredCommercial marine cover
- Free cancelUp to 2 days ahead
- Stripe securedApple / Google Pay
Water taxis, limos & charter boats.
Australia's national booking platform for water taxis, water limousines and private charter boats. Water taxis right around the country. Water limousines on Sydney Harbour. Charter boats on Sydney Harbour, the Whitsundays, the Gold Coast and beyond — one account, one payment.
Three taps to the water
Enter your locations
Choose pickup and drop-off from any wharf, jetty or beach with water access.
Get a live fare
See your exact price and ETA before you book. No surge, no surprises.
Board & cruise
Your skipper confirms in seconds. Track them in real time until pickup.
5.0★from 39 reviews
Water Taxis Australia holds a perfect 5.0 rating on our Google Business Profile. Every review is from a verified customer — no incentives, no filtering.
Read all 39 reviews on GoogleReliable & professional
"Skipper was on time, boat was spotless, fare was exactly what the app quoted. Booked another one for the way back."
— Sydney Harbour transfer
Saved our wedding day
"Shuttled 80 guests from Circular Quay to Cockatoo Island in perfect timing. The team built the whole schedule for us."
— Cockatoo Island wedding
Beats the ferry every time
"Missed the last ferry to Palm Beach with a car full of luggage. Water taxi picked us up in 15 minutes."
— Palm Beach ↔ The Basin
Corporate offsite, done right
"Booked three transfers back-to-back from Darling Harbour to Chowder Bay. Zero hiccups. Clients still talk about it."
— Darling Harbour ↔ Chowder Bay
On the water, coast to coast.
We dispatch licensed operators in six of Australia's busiest waterways — and we're expanding. Pick your region and we'll match you with the nearest available skipper.
Sydney Harbour
Circular Quay, Watsons Bay, Manly, Cockatoo Island, North Shore wharves and every jetty in between.
Whitsundays
Airlie Beach, Hamilton Island, Hayman, Daydream and the Cumberland Islands — fast tropical hops.
Gold Coast
Southport, Surfers Paradise, Sanctuary Cove, Hope Island and the Nerang River canals.
Pittwater & Hawkesbury
Palm Beach, Church Point, Scotland Island, Cottage Point and the Hawkesbury's hidden coves.
Lake Macquarie
Belmont, Wangi Wangi, Rathmines and the marinas around Australia's largest coastal saltwater lake.
Cairns & Tropical North
Cairns marlin marina, Fitzroy Island, Green Island and Port Douglas transfers on request.
Operating somewhere else? Get in touch — we add new regions as operators come on board.
Water taxis, limos & charter boats — one national network.
Book a water taxi, water limousine or premium charter boat anywhere in Australia. One account, one payment, one platform — wherever you are on the coast.
Vetted operators
Every water taxi, limousine and charter skipper is fully licensed, insured and reviewed.
Real-time dispatch
Suppliers accept jobs in seconds — no calling around.
Transparent pricing
Fares quoted upfront. Wallet credit on every refund.
Your own booking engine, on your own website — branded as you, not us.
A native booking engine built for your site — not a link to Water Taxis Australia.
We install a white-label booking engine directly on your domain, in your colours, showing only your fleet and your service area. Customers book on your site — they never see ours. You keep 100% of your fare — no listing fees, no lead fees, no commission on your base rate.
- ✓ Lives on yourwatertaxi.com.au — your brand, your logo, your colours.
- ✓ Only your boats, only your zones — never mixed with other operators.
- ✓ Costs you nothing to install — one line of HTML.
- ✓ You keep 100% of your fare — see the fees breakdown on the next page.
- ✓ Stripe checkout, SMS dispatch, refunds and support all included.
- ✓Customers can install your booking engine to their phone home screen like an app.
<iframe
src="https://watertaxisaustralia.com.au
/embed?operator=your-company"
width="100%"
height="720"
style="border:0"
title="Book a water taxi">
</iframe>Get Water Taxis Australia as an app — no App Store needed.
Our whole site works as a Progressive Web App on both iOS and Android. Add it to your home screen once and you'll get a full-screen app icon, faster loading, and one-tap access to booking, tracking and your trip history — no downloads, no updates, no App Store required.
- ✓ Works on iPhone, iPad and every Android phone
- ✓ Launches full-screen like a native app
- ✓ Uses less than 1 MB of storage
- ✓ Updates automatically — you always have the latest booking engine
Point your phone camera at the QR code, tap the link, then follow the steps on the right to add Water Taxis Australia to your home screen.
- 1. Open watertaxisaustralia.com.au in Safari.
- 2. Tap the Share button (square with an up arrow).
- 3. Scroll and tap Add to Home Screen.
- 4. Tap Add — the Water Taxis icon appears on your home screen.
- 1. Open watertaxisaustralia.com.au in Chrome.
- 2. Tap the ⋮ menu (top right).
- 3. Tap Install app or Add to Home screen.
- 4. Confirm — it installs like any other app.