Mandurah's Dolphin Blog: November 2010

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.

Friday, November 19, 2010

Wednesday 17-11-2010

SuperCat 12pm Lunch Cruise
Capt Kat & Kim were doing their regular lunch cruise,
We had 13 passengers on board, One passenger was having his birthday with his daughter and her friend, They surprised him whilst on the boat.

Half way through the cruise heading in we encountered a pod of 7 dolphins being very dormant and having a rest. We then spot 2 more heading out towards the estuary, they jumped into the wake of the boat, rode the waves whilst leaping and jumping! Putting on a show they do big belly flops to the delight of the passengers, who were clapping and cheering, it was just amazing, the dolphins were frolicking and jumping all the way with the boat to the entrance of the inlet.

We then turned around heading for home base and the dolphins came with us again, but this time they just surfed the huge waves created by the 'SuperCat' and a boat full of guys fishing and cruising parrallel with us. The dolphins loved it! As did our passengers, plus the birthday boy had a great cruise and a dolphin experience he'll never forget!

Friday, November 5, 2010

Baby joy!

Bouvard Cruises are celebrating the arrival of two baby dolphins in the Mandurah area. One of our favourite pods of dolphins Nikkys family have introduced two calves to our passengers in the last couple of weeks. They are very cute and we are trying to get photos of the calves but it is so hard as the calves are still learning to swim properly however we did get a quick shot of the older of the two. The Calves are learning fast and are starting to be very playful with the boats.

As the weather warms up over the beautiful Mandurah water ways the dolphins are getting more interactive with the boats Monday was particulary good with the dolphin as Coel and Kat onboard "Dancing Dolphin' saw 20 dolphins during the day including the latest arrivals.

Mandurahs dolphins are very friendly and playful, but please remember that they are wild animals and you shouldn't feed or touch them, please help us to keep our dolphins wild and healthly and please put your rubbish in the bin once you have finnished with it.

If you would like to see Mandurah's playful dolphins please contact Bouvard Cruises:
Ph: +61 89581 1242

Email: info@bouvardcruises.com.au

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

Christmas is fast approaching why not give your loved one a gift to remember with a Bouvard Cruises Gift Voucher to see the playful dolphins

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.