CuttleFest – swim with the Giant Cuttlefish

Winter’s coolest festival has to be CuttleFest celebrating the opportunity to swim with the incredible Giant Australian Cuttlefish that will change colour before your eyes, raise parts of their skin and suddenly change shape and texture to resemble their surrounds such as rocks or seaweed.
This huge aggregation of tens of thousands of these amazing animals happens in one place on earth – the Upper Spencer Gulf.
Experiencing Marine Sanctuaries (EMS), has guided snorkel tours ready to make this amazing opportunity as easy as possible. You book a ticket, turn up and let EMS and the Giant Australian Cuttlefish do the rest!
An EMS snorkel tour enables you to truly get involved in CuttleFest and see these magnificent creatures in their own environment, after all, life’s too short to just be an observer!
All equipment needed is included in your ticket price including full thick winter wetsuits with hoods, boots and gloves, fins, snorkel and mask to keep you warm.
Additionally, EMS’s qualified guides enhance the overall experience with information about the marine life itself, safety, the surrounds and how to enjoy sustainable interaction with theses colourful cephalopods which are related to both the octopus and squid.
EMS’ giant cuttlefish snorkel tours are conducted in small group in a safe environment with PADI qualified event leaders, guides and marine biologists on hand.