Did You Know?

Dolphins have to be conscious to breathe, this means that they cannot sleep like you and I do in a deep sleep as they would suffocate. To sleep dolphins sleep half of their brain at a time, we often see the dolphins snoozing on the surface of the water with their blowholes exposed, however it depends on the individual dolphins as to how they sleep. Some choose to swim slowly and surface occassionally for air or rest on the bottom in shallow water and swim to the surface every now and then to breathe or as we most commonly see resting on the surface.

Just a Bit of Fun!

We have had beautiful sunny weather over the past week with crystal clear water in the Mandurah estuary and the dolphins have been spending alot of time in and around the waterways with both "Super Cat" and "Dancing Dolphin" seeing dolphins on most cruises. We have seen a few of our favourites this week including Nikky, Scar, White Spot and the young calf who we are currently running a baby naming competition through the blog so get in and vote for your favourite name.

All week pods of dolphins have been making their way through the estuary and have been very playful with our boats often comming to us and challenging us to a ride on either our bow or stern wakes, for them its just a bit of fun and we are only too happy to do so. The dolphins have been jumping high out of the water on cruises with Sarah and Alex on "Super Cat" and have been spinning and twirling and swimming upside down on the bow of "Dancing Dolphin" with Coel and Kat. Doug and Julie havent missed out either watching the dolphins chasing fish in the shallows and Beck and Ron have been having fun aswell with Ron whistling up the dolphins who often hear his whistle and come straight to the boat. The crew at Bouvard Cruises get just as excited about the dolphins as any of our customers and are happy to answer any of your questions.

If you would like to meet Mandurah's freindly dolphins please contact Bouvard Cruises

Ph: +61 89581 1242

Email: info@bouvardcruises.com.au

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Vote on a name for our baby dolphin

Thanks everyone for sending us in all the great names for our baby dolphin. The crew here at Bouvard Cruises have gone through all the names and selected 5 favourites. It's now back to you all to vote on which name you like the most. Be quick you have 7 days. The poll is over on the right.

Here are our latest photos of the baby dolphin playing and jumping in the wake on one of our cruises yesterday.

If you would like to see Mandurah's new baby dolphin please contact Bouvard Cruises:

Phone: +61 895811242
Email: info@bouvardcruises.com.au
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Lots of Playful dolphins today!

Kat and Coel onboard "Dancing Dolphin" at 1pm today saw 2 pods of dolphins near Sting Ray Point.
A pod of about 8 were heading down stream towards the ocean. They were moving along very quickly and jumping out of the water along the way.
Another 2 dolphins were seen mating near Henry Sutton Grove. They were having a great time splashing around and jumping out of the water.
The Seniors group from Kalamunda Respite Centre had a wonderful Fish & Chip Lunch Cruise with many playful dolphins seen.

Did You Know?

Dolphins have little or no sense of smell but make up for it with sharp hearing.

A Magic Moment!

One of Bouvard Cruises Captain Club members and Mariners Cove resident Moira Walton was out and about on the Mandurah waterways this week taking photos of a home she had just listed for sale, when she saw a pod of dolphins in the estuary. We are not sure if they were chasing fish or just having some fun but they definately put on a great show. Moira who has only lived in Mandurah since December and is a local Real Estate agent for Professionals Mandurah has kindly sent us her photos.

If you would like to see Mandurah's friendly dolphins please contact Bouvard Cruises:

Phone: +61 895811242

Email: info@bouvardcruises.com.au

Web: http://www.bouvardcruises.com.au/

Did You Know?

Dolphins can dive to depths of more than 600 metres to catch food.

Look What I Can Do!

There is always something happening in Mandurah, and the dolphins are usually a big part of it, especially for those cruising with Bouvard Cruises. "Dancing Dolphin" has had alot of fun this week with the playful dolphins spinning and twirling on the bow wave and jumping off the side of the boat in its wake. They have also been spotted exploring through the shallow water on Fairbridge bank looking for food.

"Super Cat" has also been playing with the friendly dolphins this week, with one of our favourites showing up in town "Scar" is usually one to play with the boats, and wasn't shy of showing off jumping in the wake, spinning upside down and he and his mates rolled over one another in what we like to believe is saying look what I can do. Dolphins are alot like kids they love attention!

If you would like to see Mandurahs friendly dolphins please contact us:

Ph: +61 89581 1242

Email: www.bouvardcruises.com.au

Web: www.bouvardcruises.com.au

Dolphin Video - Getting Wet

Here is a great little video of a couple of playful dolphins soaking some of our guests on one of our recent cruises. These cheeky dolphins were so close that with each big jump they splashed down and sent huge sprays of water over our delighted guests.




If you would like to see Mandurahs amazing jumping dolphins please contact us:
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Did You Know?

Bottlenosed dolphins eat around 15 kilograms of food every day including a wide variety of different fish species, octopus and squid.

Gone Fishing!

Passengers often ask us where we are going to find the dolphins and do they swim through the marina and canal systems and the answer is yes! It is not uncommon for dolphins to be found in the canals and are usually looking a food, which could be a number of different types of fish and even octopus. The dolphins are very smart and know that if they chase the fish along the rock wall at great speeds the fish will get confused and they can trap them against the walls of the canals. They will also slap the water with their tails to stun the fish or blow bubbles to scare them.

Dolphins often work together in pods or even join in with other pods when there are large numbers of fish in one area. They circle the fish and round them up then charge in and grab the fish, they can be quite quick and very exciting to watch. Dolphins however can only swallow food they can not chew it first so most of the fish they catch is small enough to swallow whole, however we often see dolphins swimming along with a large salmon, cobbler or octopus which gets thrown into the air a number of times in hopes of ripping it apart.

Mandurahs dolphins are 100% wild and we would like to keep them this way, we do not encourage them with food or toys and they are free to come and go as they like. Dolphins are more then capable to find food themselves so please remember that if you do see dolphins do not feed them, and it is always nice to know that they choose to interact with our vessels of their own free will.

If you would like to see Mandurah's friendly dolphins

Ph: +61 89581 1242

Email: info@bouvardcruises.com.au

Web: http://www.bouvardcruises.com.au/

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