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, July 24, 2012

School Holiday Dolphin Sightings



The school holidays were packed full of fun here on the Mandurah waterways! Thank-you to everyone that cruised with us over the past 2 weeks, we hope you had fun and enjoyed your cruise. Here are some of the latest pictures from the boats.


Monday 24th July

3 big dolphins and 1 baby in estuary

Pod of dolphins heading out to ocean

Saturday & Sunday 22nd /23rd July

Not many sightings… 2 dolphins cruised next to the boats on occasion.

Friday 21st July

3 dolphins playing near new bridge

2 dolphins fishing in Mandjar Bay

Thursday 20th July

1 dolphin swimming solo in main channel

3 dolphins in canal

Wednesday 19th July

3 dolphins in main channel

2 dolphins in marina

4 dolphins swimming with boat wake

Tuesday 18th July

Not many sighting today…

Monday 17th July

3 dolphins swimming near old bridge

Some nice close up pictures from our fabulous hostess!





Remember that 'Cheaper Tuesdays' run until November!

See you soon, Love Mandurah Cruises.


Sunday, July 15, 2012

Massive dolphin sightings this week!


Gday! This week has seen HUGE dolphin sightings from our 1hour Dolphin and Canal Cruises. Here are all the latest from the boats!

Dolphin Sightings



Sunday 15th July

Hundreds of birds were feeding in Mandjar Bay this morning thanks to the local dolphins pooling the schools of fish in one area. The birds were having a feeding frenzy with the local pelicans attempting to take any fish they could off the smaller birds. A great way to start the morning!

The boat staff spotted dolphins in and around the bay around this time.

Saturday 14th July

No dolphin sightings today…

Friday 13th July

4 dolphins fishing in estuary

5 dolphins in middle of channel toward the marina

5 dolphins in marina

Thursday 12th July

12+ dolphins in main channel from marina to Mandjar Bay

15+ in marina in channel, Fairbridge bank stingray point

10+ nikky and giggles playing with the boat and fishing

Dolphins in the estuary all day!

Wednesday 11th July

8 dolphins fishing and playing including some awesome jumps!

8 dolphins fishing in shallow banks in the estuary

7 dolphins heading out to sea from marina entrance

Tuesday 10th July

15 dolphins snoozing near the new bridge SUPER COOL!!

Monday 9th July

5 dolphins near marina

4 dolphins in Mandjar Bay



We look forward to cruising with you soon. Love Mandurah Cruises Crew.



Sunday, July 8, 2012

Dolphin Sightings this week



The local dolphin pods have been going about their business this week with most sightings being of them fishing and cruising.  The dolphins continue to please and relax our customers on our 1 hour Dolphin and Canal Cruise. Here are all the latest reported dolphin sightings from our friendly crew.  
Reported Dolphin Sightings
Saturday 7th July
2 dolphins cruise feeding in entrance to marina
Friday 6th July
2 dolphins in Mandjar Bay
Thursday 5th July
Mother and Calf fishing and playing with boat.
Wednesday 4th July
3 dolphins in main channel
2 dolphins in marina entrance
Tuesday 3rd July
Pod of dolphins swimming out to the ocean
2 dolphins in Mandjar bay playing
Monday 2nd July
3 dolphins being cheeky near old bridge
2 dolphins fishing in main channel

Have a great week, we hope to cruise with you soon!