Saturday 20th February
Ron & Sarah onboard the "SuperCat" had an exciting day! Ron sighted a pod of 5 dolphins and headed over to them near the new bridge noticing that in the pod was a new born dolphin calve.
The calve was about 1 metre in length and thought to be less than 2 weeks old.
Ron has been given the job of naming the calve and were all waiting to see what name he comes up with.
Hopefully the new calve has survived it's first few weeks as a new born and we see it swimming around again shortly.
Female bottlenose dolphins generally give birth between March & September. The gestation period is 12 months and they are generally born about 70-130cm in length weighing 15-30kg.
Calves are born tail first, the mother then quickly pushes the calve to the surface so it doesn't drown. The calve suckles it's mothers milk for up to 18 months and starts eating fish at about 6 months.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Dolphin Sightings onboard the "SuperCat"
Saturday 13th February
Sunday 14th February
Captain Simon onboard the "SuperCat" sighted 2 dolphins while heading into the marina, we had some international guests onboard from Singapore who were lucky enough to see dolphins in the wild for the first time.
Monday 15th February
Onboard the "SuperCat" in the Mandurah Estuary an expected dolphin appeared jumping in the wash behind the boat. Thrilled passengers onboard got slightly wet from the splashing of the dolphin.
Thursday 18th February
Captain Ron at 11:15am had a pod of three dolphins chasing the boat and playing in the wash near the entrance to the Port Mandurah Canals. Ron & Kat noticed a white spot on the back of one of the dolphins that they had never noticed before. White spots are caused from scaring, this may have happened recently to one of the local dolphins or is perhaps a new dolphin to the area.
Later in the day at 1345 another pod of 4 dolphins were fishing along the rock wall in the marina a very common spot to see dolphins.
Friday 19th February
Captain Ron found four dolphins at the entrance to the marina chasing fish along the rock wall. Dolphins use there tails to slap the water stunning the fish or even killing them. They then float to the surface and the dolphins enjoy a feed of fresh fish most likely mullet of whiting.
Kat sighted 2 dolphins in the Mandurah Estuary, they came over to the boat for a brief look however continued heading downstream.
Sunday 14th February
Captain Simon onboard the "SuperCat" sighted 2 dolphins while heading into the marina, we had some international guests onboard from Singapore who were lucky enough to see dolphins in the wild for the first time.
Monday 15th February
Onboard the "SuperCat" in the Mandurah Estuary an expected dolphin appeared jumping in the wash behind the boat. Thrilled passengers onboard got slightly wet from the splashing of the dolphin.
Thursday 18th February
Captain Ron at 11:15am had a pod of three dolphins chasing the boat and playing in the wash near the entrance to the Port Mandurah Canals. Ron & Kat noticed a white spot on the back of one of the dolphins that they had never noticed before. White spots are caused from scaring, this may have happened recently to one of the local dolphins or is perhaps a new dolphin to the area.
Later in the day at 1345 another pod of 4 dolphins were fishing along the rock wall in the marina a very common spot to see dolphins.
Friday 19th February
Captain Ron found four dolphins at the entrance to the marina chasing fish along the rock wall. Dolphins use there tails to slap the water stunning the fish or even killing them. They then float to the surface and the dolphins enjoy a feed of fresh fish most likely mullet of whiting.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Mandurah's Jumping Dolphins Movie
This is our best dolphin movie so far, two dolphins recently were having an absolute ball next to our ferry and getting some serious "air-time" with some amazing high leaps and jumps. All this right next to the ferry and only a couple of metres from our guests. And the best part is this happens all the time!!! Enjoy.
If you would like to see Mandurahs amazing jumping dolphins please contact us:
Ph: +61 89581 1242 Email: info@bouvardcruises.com.au
Web: http://www.bouvardcruises.com.au/
Ph: +61 89581 1242 Email: info@bouvardcruises.com.au
Web: http://www.bouvardcruises.com.au/
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Dolphin Sightings this week
Tuesday 9th February
Coel & Kim onboard the "Dancing Dolphin" at 12:10pm saw one dolphin at the entrance to the marina with a large cobbler in it's mouth.
Onboard the "SuperCat" at 3pm Simon & Kat had a pod of 5 dolphins playing in the wake of the boat. Some lucky passengers Bob & Bev got some great photos which we will have posted shortly.
Coel & Kim onboard the "Dancing Dolphin" at 12:10pm saw one dolphin at the entrance to the marina with a large cobbler in it's mouth.
Onboard the "SuperCat" at 3pm Simon & Kat had a pod of 5 dolphins playing in the wake of the boat. Some lucky passengers Bob & Bev got some great photos which we will have posted shortly.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Latest Sightings
The Mandurah waterways have been a popular place for dolphin's in the last couple of weeks with the Bouvard Cruises crew sighting dolphins on most of their cruises. Sighting pods of one or two solitary dolphins to pods of up to 15/20 dolphins in the estuary.Nikky and her calf as usual have been a regular sight for crew and passengers on both the "Dancing Dolphin" and "Super Cat". The dolphins have been quite playful chasing the boats throughout the estuary and even jumping vertically out of the water infront of the "Super Cat".
Australia Day has been and gone and every year in Mandurah all the locals get in their boats and join in the parade through the Marina, canals and estuary. This year we were also joined by approximately 20 dolphins in the estuary. Six dolphins came over the the "Dancing Dolphin" to say hello and even joined us for a swim on the bow whilst others in the pod chased fish in the shallow water along the bird sanctuary.
If you would like to see Mandurahs dolphins please contact us:
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