Mandurah's Dolphin Blog: Latest 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.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Latest Dolphin Sightings

Super Cat

22/3/ 11.15am: 2 - Swimming beside the boat in canals and the new baby dolphin we spotted yesterday

22/3/ 1.30pm: 4 - Saw a pod of dolphins jumping & splashing

23/3/ 9.25am: 1 - Jumping randomly in the air around entrance marina

23/3/ 2.20pm 4 - Fishing and playing around bank at entrance to canals

24/3/ 10.20am 1 - Swimming beside boat and jumping through wake all the way from Port Mandurah canal entrance to end of estuary to ocean

24/3/ 12.50pm 6 - Pod swimming and jumping next to boat in wake. All the way from estuary bridge to the old traffic bridge

25/3/ 11.30am 1 - Saw a dolphin, very shy near Rolleys house

25/3/ 1.12pm 7 - 1 Dolphin swimming in marina. 3 dolphins swam with us from The eastern side of the foreshore to the entrance of the ocean riding our waves alongside Dolphin Discovery and was amazing. Saw 4 dolphins near the waterside canals, they were following us the whole way to the old bridge. Jumping and surfing. The Dolphins we took to the ocean are back followed us through Estuary.

Dancing Dolphin

22/3 10.15am: 4 dolphins heading towards the marina

23/3 12.15pm: 6 dolphins, 2 mum’s & 2 calves swimming around entrance to the mariner one was the new baby with stripes, followed us out to the mouth of the ocean as we turn around and 2 more dolphins caught up with us and we gave them a ride.

23/3 12.45pm: 5 dolphins in the canals towards waterside

23/3 11.30am: 2 mother & calf very playful in the estuary. Rode portside of the waves for 15 mins, Very playful bubby

23/3 2.25pm: 2 dolphins feeding in the canals swimming behind DD, not interested in playing

23/3 2.30pm: Same dolphins being cheeky and ended up playing with us all the way to mandjar bay

25/3 12.45pm: 4 dolphins 1 calf 3 adults feeding around the shallows next to New Bridge

25/3 1pm: 3 mother & calf swimming in wake behind us while one dolphin by himself at the bow

25/3 1.20pm: 5-6 following boat back through canals

26/3 11.15am: 2 baby and mum fishing

26/3 1.20pm: 2 in canals fishing

WOW that 62 Dolphin sightings in 4 days!!!!

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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.