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Cruise passengers,crew stranded by low tide north of WA

By AAP Newswire

Jun 26, 2025

Cruise passengers, crew stranded off WA coast — Seventy people touring a remote island north of WA were stranded when a low tide surprised them. -AAP

Ten passengers and an unknown number of crew members from a luxury cruise are stranded on a remote island off the northern coast of Australia.

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Up to 60 other passengers were rescued after they were forced to abandon zodiac boats grounded off Adele Island about 100 kilometres north of the West Australian mainland.

The passengers and guides from Silversea's Silver Cloud ship were taking part in an expedition tour of the island on Thursday afternoon when a fast moving tide caught the group by surprise.

They were stranded in knee-deep water about four nautical miles from the ship.

About 70 passengers and 10 guides were forced to wade 500 metres through a coral reef to deeper water where they were met by a flotilla of zodiac vessels sent from the ship to rescue them.

By sunset, most had been rescued and returned to the Silver Cloud where some were treated for minor cuts and abrasions.

At about 8pm (AWT) the ship's captain announced that 10 passengers and some guides could not be rescued until the tide turns about 10pm.

The abandoned Zodiac vessels remain stranded offshore of Adele Island with a retrieval operation scheduled for the high tide.

By AAP Newswire

Australian Associated Press