Mandurah's Dolphin Blog: 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.

Friday, November 27, 2009

Dolphin Sightings

Saturday 21st of November

A warm, sunny day in Mandurah. Kat & Doug on board the "SuperCat" sighted Nikky and her calf near the entrance to Mariners Cove. They were enjoying the start of the warm weather and seen playing with seaweed. Later in the day they were also seen feeding in Manjar Bay possibly on small mullet.
Another 6 dolphins were later sighted at the entrance to the Mandurah Ocean Marina heading upstream while feeding.

Did you know - Manjar Bay comes from the meaning "meeting place" by the local aboriginals the Noongar tribe. "Kwillana" meaning dolphin.

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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.