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.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

A wonderful week on the water


This week’s cruises have experienced numerous close-up and personal encounters with our beautiful Mandurah dolphins. The weather has been absolutely fantastic with sunny and warm conditions. It has been great to see so many people out enjoying the sights of spectacular Mandurah. With cruises running everyday be sure not to miss out.

Tuesday 11/9/12

One pod of dolphins was spotted fishing around the jetties with the second pod of dolphins seen playing with the boats around the marina entrance.

Wednesday 12/9/12

One dolphin today joined the boat for a ride around the estuary.

Thursday 13/9/12

A mother and calf were sighted fishing within shallow water near the canal.

Friday 14/9/12

A large pod of dolphins were spotted in the bay fishing and swimming around the boats.

Saturday 15/9/12

Today’s cruises were lucky to experience heaps of dolphin sightings. Our vessel Supercat spotted a mother and her calf under the bridge in a very playful mood. 2 dolphins passed the boat within the canals and 4 more dolphins were seen at the entrance to the canals jumping, playing and fishing. The Mandjar vessel sighted 5 dolphins at the mouth of the ocean feeding and over 6 dolphins were seen feeding. The Dancing Dolphin vessel sighted 2 dolphins travelling out of the canal and 2 more playing and feeding.   

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Spring is in the air

The dolphins have certainly enjoyed the beautiful spring weather this week with plenty of sightings on our cruises within the Mandurah waterways.

Monday 3/9/12

A pod of dolphins were spotted on the 11am cruise joining the boat for a ride around the estuary. The 1pm cruise saw a number of dolphins at the entrance of the marina.

Friday 7/9/12

The passengers on the boats today were thrilled to see 5 dolphins at the entrance to the Marina and 4 returning to Mandjar bay.

Saturday 8/9/12

4 dolphins were sighted on our last trip of the day within the estuary. The pod was seen fishing and heading out into the ocean.

Sunday 9/9/12

12 dolphins were spotted fishing and playing at different locations throughout our cruises today.