Coffin Bay Oyster Farm Tours
Wade into the lease wearing waders, shuck a freshly pulled oyster on the water and learn how Coffin Bay built its world-class reputation.
Coffin Bay's oysters are arguably the most famous in Australia, and the best way to understand why is to stand thigh-deep in the very water that grows them. Several operators run in-water tours onto the leases, where you don waders, walk out to the racks and eat oysters shucked moments before — about as fresh as seafood gets.
Guides explain the painstaking grading and tumbling that gives Coffin Bay oysters their clean, plump sweetness, a product of the cold, nutrient-rich Southern Ocean water flushing through the bay's sheltered channels.
It is a genuinely memorable hour or two, equal parts education and indulgence, and a rite of passage for any seafood lover working their way along the peninsula.
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- Coffin Bay oyster beds, 2017 (05).jpg by Bahnfrend , CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons