Book your water taxi in 30 seconds.
Live fares · Instant confirmation · Licensed skippers around the country.
30-minute slots, 6:00 AM – 10:00 PM AEST. Book up to 6 months ahead. NYE fireworks cruises: see our NYE page. New Year's Day — price on application.
6am – 10pm
Service hours, daily
Under 20 min
Average pickup
100% licensed
Skippers & insured
Live fares
No hidden extras
Free cancel
Per policy, to wallet
Australia's water taxi network — one account, every operator.
- 5.0★ rated39 Google reviews
- 6 regionsSydney to the Whitsundays
- QR boarding passScan & board, no paper
- Stripe securedApple & Google Pay
- Real peopleConcierge on every booking
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.
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★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.
This is what lands on your phone.
Book in under a minute and a wallet-style boarding pass arrives by email and text — your reference, your wharf, your skipper and a scannable QR code. It's the only thing you need at the water's edge, and it's built for people who've never set foot on Sydney Harbour before.
Staying at a hotel? Stay put.
Finish your coffee in the lobby. Your pass sits in your phone with the exact pontoon, berth and boarding time — no guessing which set of steps is yours.
One tap and we walk you there.
Press the orange directions button and live Google Maps takes you from wherever you're standing straight to the wharf, re-routing in real time if you turn the wrong way.
We'll find your boat for you.
The map on your pass shows point A to point B before you leave, and your skipper's direct phone number is right there. Can't see the vessel? One call, not a scramble along the seawall.
Board in three seconds.
The skipper points a camera at your QR code and you're checked in. No app to download, no login, no printed paperwork, no queue.
Nothing to remember.
Emailed and texted the moment payment clears, with a 15-minute grace period at the wharf and a reminder before departure — perfect if you're travelling in a group or landing from overseas.
Every genuine pass is navy and orange, carries a WTA- reference and comes from watertaxisaustralia.com.au. Show the QR code — never hand over card details at the wharf.
TRANSFERTap the button — Google Maps opens on your phone and walks you from wherever you are straight to the wharf.
Sample pass. Your licensed operator's name and direct phone number appear on your real ticket once the job is confirmed.
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.
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src="https://watertaxisaustralia.com.au
/embed?operator=your-company"
width="100%"
height="720"
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</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.