Dolphins Active As The Weather Warms Up !

Dolphins were sighted on 23 days during October on our cruises.  The 18^th of October saw a large pod of approximately 20 dolphins join us on our 3pm cruise.  They had a wonderful time playing in the wake of the boat, putting on a show for our passengers.  The start of November has also seen the dolphins very active.  20 minutes of video footage was taken on the 17^th of November of the dolphins and we will hopefully get that up on our Blog and Facebook page shortly.  As the weather warms up please be aware of the wild dolphins that frequent our waterways and feel free to share your sightings, photos and videos on our Facebook page!

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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.   

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.

A Wintery Week!

Our week kicked off with some pretty windy wintery weather, however it was great to see so many people out and about and happy to get on the water and enjoy our cruises regardless!!


Tuesday 21/08/2012- Today dolphins took the opportunity to bow ride as we cruised in the estuary.

Wednesday 22/08/2012 – With a blustery day our dolphins surfaced on our last cruise of the day heading into Mariners Cove.

Thursday 23/08/2012 On this cloudy rainy day our beloved dolphins did not surface.

Friday 24/08/2012 – What a Day Our passengers on Mandjar today had 2 separate sightings and the dolphins were up in the air throwing fish and playing in the wake of the boat – WOW!

Saturday 25/08/2012 – Summer on its way, on this sunny day one of our regular dolphins was seen at the entrance to the canals all day!

Sunday 26/08/2012 – Sunny Sunday – dolphins were out bright and early as our cruise boats were setting up.

Dolphins out and about

We have had fantastic sightings of dolphins this week in the Mandurah waterways. The local dolphins most certainly don’t mind the winter weather with sightings seen nearly every day this week.

Monday 6/8/12

Two dolphins were seen playing and swimming with the boat.

Tuesday 7/8/12

A pod of dolphins were located in the canals feeding and playing around with our boat.

Wednesday 8/8/12

A big day for sightings today with a large pod of dolphins spotted within the estuary. Dolphins were also seen swimming within Mandjar bay and 4 feeding within the canals.

Thursday 9/8/12

One dolphin was sighted within the marina and one swimming from the entrance to the marina to the canals.

Friday 10/8/12

Mum and baby dolphin were sighted swimming within the estuary.

Sunday 12/8/12

Five were spotted playing and feeding and another pod spotted swimming through the estuary.

WHAT A WONDERFUL WEEK WITH THE RAIN!

Another week through winter means another week closer to summer! But don’t let the cool weather put you off as we have had dolphin encounters the past week and even more this morning, Monday the 6th August, 2012 with two dolphins playing it up in the rain giving all customers a wonderful show. With cruises running everyday don’t miss out on seeing our beautiful dolphins all year round.


Dolphin Sightings:

Tuesday 31st of August - 8 dolphins were sighted on both cruises! Our vessel “Mandjar” departed at both 11am and 1pm and saw this playful pod on both trips. The pod was feeding and rounding up fish while playing and showing off to the customers. With dolphins seen to be chasing fish up to 30 - 40km in short bursts, what a sight!

Friday the 3rd of August - 2 dolphins got close and personal hitching a ride off our vessel “Dancing Dolphin” wake, while heading out to the ocean swimming north from Mandurah’s new Bypass Bridge towards the Old Mandurah Bridge.

DON’T MISS OUT!

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From The Mandurah Cruises Team x

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.