Mandurah's Leaping Dolphins!

Mandurah's dolphins have been particualry playful in the last week "Dancing Dolphin" seeing up to 15/20 dolphins on one cruise. The dolphins played on the bow wave of the boat, spinning and splashing. Another pod was spotted chasing a school of fish in the shallow water on Stingray Point, this seems to be a popular spot for the dolphins.

"Super Cat" once again was joined by the playful bottlenosed dolphins in the main channel. They chased the boat all the way from Stingray Point in Manjar Bay to the ocean entrance having a great time jumping and playing in the boats wake, even managing to splash passengers eagerly watching onboard.

Nikky and her calf were seen on a number of occassions fishing and playing with the boats. There are also a number of new baby dolphin's in Mandurah at the moment a mother and a calf were spotted yesterday in the estuary and from the size and colour of the calf we believe it is only about one month old. A few of the skippers have also seen a few other baby dolphins in the last week out in the Peel inlet, they are very cute and very exciting to watch as they try new things and have fun splashing around, and mum is never far from their sides.

If you would like to see Mandurah's Dolphins please contact us:

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Dolphins in the Mandurah Estuary

Yesterday was another fun day for dolphins in the Mandurah Estuary with both vessels "Dancing Dolphin" and "Super Cat" seeing dolphins throughout the day.

Onboard "Super Cat" Doug and Kat saw dolphins on all of the cruises starting at 10am with one dolphin leaving the Port Mandurah Canals to chase fish on Stingray Point the dolphin circled the fish and slapped the water with its tail, also blowing bubbles under the water to scare the fish. When dolphins start to chase fish in shallow water it is quite interesting to watch especially when they work in groups, they can be pretty quick getting up to 40km in short bursts.

The 12pm cruise was joined by a pod of 4 dolphins who were very playful they chased the boat upstream to the turning point of the cruise then returned downstream chasing the boat and jumping in its wake.

By the 2pm cruise a pod of 6 large male dolphins were slowly making their way downstream out into the Indian Ocean, the dolphins although not overly interested in the boats just passed the boat on several occassions giving passengers great photo opportunities.

The 4pm cruise was another excitiing trip, as we were heading upstream in the Mandurah estuary Doug the skipper onboard saw 2 dolphins chasing schools of fish about 300 metres away from the boat once the dolphins had noticed the boat they stopped chasing fish and headed straight for us, we continued on our way and the dolphins jumped in behind us and chased us through the estuary having a great time surfing and leaping out of the water.

If you would like to see Mandurah's Dolphins please contact us:

Phone: +61 89581 1242 Email: info@bouvardcruises.com.au

Web: http://www.bouvardcruises.com.au/