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.
Supercat 12pm Cruise
Cpt Kat an Kim (being me) were doing our 1 hour cruise on the "Supercat" and we were heading back from the new Mandurah bridge towards the canal's when we spotted a large pod of dolphins and they started heading straight for the boat, as they love to play in the wake of this particular boat, at first they went under the bow, but then 3 of them dropped back to the port side, they were jumping out of the water and the 3 of them criss crossed over each continuously enjoying the wake and the slipstream that the boat creates, they did this for ages all the way to the old Mandurah bridge, while the rest of the pod enjoyed the bow of the the boat, where they get drawn in and bow wave which then pulls them along and they just go with it, the dolphins love this so much because you watch them roll around in it and they also go upside down and it seems as if there looking up at you, as the deck hand on the boat we get to experience this all the time and you wish you could just reach down and rub there bellies??
This interaction the dolphins have with the boats always brings a lot of joy and excitement to our passengers, who come from all over the world to experience our amazing dolphins that we have in the Mandurah region.
So if you have a spare hour on any day of the week come and join our crew, and check out Mandurah, the waterways and the chance to interact with the local dolphins..................
Gavin & Tara sighted a dolphin in the
Dawesville Channel on Sunday with half a fin " It looked like it had been chopped off" and contacted us to see if we knew what dolphin it was.
We believe it was possibly Nicky, she has half her fin missing and has been in the
Mandurah waterways for many years. We often see her playing in the wake of our boats. Nicky has raised several calves over the years in our waterways.
Often Dolphins are born with defects to their dorsal fins however it is also a common place for injuries caused by boats and other
predators. We
Believe Nicky was born with only half a fin. You can often see teeth marks in a dolphins dorsal fin caused by other dolphins, they do this as a way of playing with each other.
Thank you to the Christie family for sending in some great vidoes from Tuesday's cruise.
"While we are aware that dolphin cruises are often at the mercy of nature, the cruise was fantastic and we never expected to see dolphins leaping out of the water so close to the boat. I have to say this was an experience we will never forget!" - John Christie
On board the "SuperCat" 12pm Lunch Cruise with Kat & Kim on Tuesday, was an exciting day for all.
On board they had visitors from the UK and a family from Malaysia all keen to see dolphins.
The boat was heading back from the new traffic bridge and spotted a dolphin coming across to the boat. At first it went under the bow and then dropped back to the stern (port side) and started jumping in the wake of the boat.
The family from Malaysia were down stairs and got splashed from the dolphin jumping right along side the boat, but they loved it and screamed with joy!
Everyone on board thoroughly enjoyed the experience and had come from half way around the world to do so.
Thank you to the Christie Family from the UK for sending us in these great photos!
Alluka one of our baby dolphins has become very independant from her mother in the last couple of months. We have seen Alluka around the water ways and have often wondered why such a small dolphin is off by herself but her mother is never far behind. (Bendy) Wendy as all good mums tries to teach Alluka about fishing and the skills she will need in the future however Alluka is more interested in playing games and showing off to passengers onboard our boats.
Another dolphin was found in the canals after just catching an octopus, dolphins however cannot chew their food they must find a way to rip pieces off to make it smaller, of all the times we have seen dolphins with octopus we have never seen them eat one just play and throw them around until they get bored.
"Super Cat" had a great time on the 12noon cruise on Saturday with a very playful dolphin jumping next to the boat. All on board had a great time watching as the dolphin leaped into the air and splashed passengers as it hit the water.
If you would like to see Mandurahs playful dolphins please contact Bouvard Cruises:
Ph: +61 89581 1242
Doug and Kim were out and about last Sunday onboard the "Dancing Dolphin" and heading from the Port Mandurah Canals into the estuary when they spotted a dolphin fishing in the shallow waters of the Creery Wetlands. They headed over to the dolphin who at first was only interested in one thing, breakfast but after finding enough to eat the dolphin decided to have a bit of fun and play infront of the boat as it cruised through the calm inland waters of the Mandurah estuary. With lots of children onboard the boat was filled with squeals and laughter as the dolphin happily played for people to see.
Captain Kat and hostie Kat onboard "Super Cat" also managed to find a playful pod of dolphins for their passengers. This particular pod were only to happy to jump in the wake of the boat and followed us into Sticks Channel at the start of the Peel Inlet, then turned around with us on our journey back to Manjar Bay once again jumping and playing in the wake, to the amazement of some of our overseas visitors.
If you would like to see Mandurah's playful dolphins please contact us at Bouvard Cruises:
Ph: +61 89581 1242
Email:
info@bouvardcruises.com.au
Web:
www.bouvardcruises.com.au
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