02 Jan 2025
Scenic location, unfortunately spoiled with mismanaged time, crowds, and turbid water. Majority of tour was sitting on the boat listening to way-too-loud music. We snorkeled for approximately 20 minutes due to swift current and were not offered a second snorkel session or any more time at the wrecks, instead sitting at the beach for about 90 minutes. We then shipped to Amity tavern (owned by River to Bay) for complementary lunch, which was quite good. Drinks not included and nearly 2 hour wait for food. No time to walk around the island, so we shipped back to Brisbane.
Altogether about 4 hours sitting on the boat, 2 hours lunch, 90 minutes at the beach, and less than 30 minutes snorkeling.
Note also the tour left from Northshore Hamilton. This was unclear from the description, which said it left from Botanic Gardens and had conflicting info/addresses. I only got the correct address by messaging the operator, who finally responded the night prior to the tour.