Mandurah's Dolphin Blog: Last weeks dolphin sightings

Mandurah's Dolphin Blog

Bouvard Cruises is happy to introduce you to the official "Mandurah's Dolphin Blog" where we will share with you all of the sightings and encounters we have on our cruises with Mandurah's beautiful wild dolphins. You will find photo's, movies and information on the many dolphin encounters we have on our cruises in and around Mandurah and hope that this information helps raise awareness of Mandurah's wild dolphins. You too can see Mandurah's dolphins, they live just 1 hour south of Perth in Western Australia.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Last weeks dolphin sightings

Dolphins sighted on most cruises last week.
Last Friday, Sunday & Monday a popular spot for feeding was along the rock wall at the Entrance to the Marina. Up to 5 dolphins were seen on Monday feeding in this spot on large school or herring.

Saturday the 29th Doug & Julie had Nicki and her calf riding the bow of "Dancing Dolphin" from the Entrance to the Port Mandurah Canals to the entrance to the marina.

Monday the 31st Alex, Kat & Bec onboard the "Dancing Dolphin" were joined by 26 passengers from Sydney visiting Perth to compete in the National Disabled Ten Pin Bowling Championships. A pod of 3 dolphins followed the "Dancing Dolphin" riding on the bow from the New Traffic Bridge all the way through the Port Mandurah Canals to the War Memorial.
The water was crystal clear and everyone got some great photos of an unidentified adult dolphin that has quite a few scratches at the back of it's dorsal fin.
Kat managed to get a few photos on her new camera but mainly took photos for the bowling club to take back to Sydney with them.

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About Mandurah's Dolphins

Mandurah has a healthy population of Bottle Nose Dolphins (tusiops truncatus) that is estimated to number up to 75 individuals, depending on the time of year. The number increases around mating times when males come in and join the pods. The pods of dolphins average around 10-15 and have sometimes been seen to be as large as 25 down to solitary dolphins or smaller family groups of 3-4.

Their average length is about 3 metres, with calves being about 1 metre long at birth. We normally see baby dolphins appear between December and April. Mandurah's wild dolphins are medium grey in colour with light flanks and pale bellies. They can live up to 30 years and can swim in short bursts up to 40km/h and they love to play in our ferries bow waves and wash. As a matter of fact dolphins are the only other mammals apart from humans that continue to play well into their adult life. And Mandurah's wild dolphins are very playful!

Thanks to Sally Kirby for some of this information.