Crab Fest

Crab Fest is the largest free community event in Western Australia, attracting over 100,000 locals and visitors to the City of Mandurah. The event showcases the lifestyle, location, culture and talent that makes Mandurah so unique, and of course, Crab Fest would not be Crab Fest without a celebration of the native blue manna crab.

Fresh food, live music, performances, children's entertainment, competitions, cooking demonstrations, celebrities, aquatic entertainment, the list goes on. If you want a taste of Mandurah, this is the festival for you.

Ahoy me hearties! Come join us for a pirate adventure, let your little pirates' imagination run wild while you cruise through Mandurah's picturesque canals. It's a fun and relaxing cruise for the whole family, and we run 45 minute cruises all weekend.

This festival is for crabs and people only, please leave your pets at home.

Crab Fest 2027 is held on the 14th and 15th of March.

45 minute cruises run all weekend. The 1.5 hour sunset cruise departs at 5:30pm.

We're at the jetty out the front of The Bay Cafe on the Eastern Foreshore, opposite 9 Mandurah Terrace, between the Kwillena Gabi estuary pool and the traffic bridge.

Boarding starts 15 minutes before the scheduled departure time. Please allow time to park and walk down: if you miss the cruise, tickets are forfeited.

Parking on the foreshore is in short supply most weekends, and traffic on the freeway can add to the trip, so it's worth leaving a bit earlier than you think you need to.

If you miss the cruise we've held the seats for you and lost the opportunity to resell your tickets, which have now been forfeited. You can email us and we will consider availability to let you go on a future cruise, however please be aware that's unlikely to be the next cruise, and on busy weekends will need to be on a future date.

A smooth sloped ramp runs down to the ship and there are no gangway steps to climb. All you step over is the lip of the deck, less than the height of a normal stair. Once aboard it’s a flat deck to the seating..

A wheelchair can't be pushed aboard, but once you're seated we can fold it and stow it for the cruise. Our accessibility page has the full detail. If anything there leaves you unsure, ask us before you book and we'll give you a straight answer.