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
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