Murray River Cruise Sunday 27th March 2011

On board SuperCat we had the passengers from Challenger Ford Rockingham come for a cruise to the Clansman!

We were on our way to the Murray River when all of a sudden one of our local bottlenosed dolphins decided to put on a show!!!

At first he jumped about 6ft high it was awesome!!

Got some really cool footage too, pics are up on facebook :)

The dolphin slowed down and decided to head off on his own little journey. What a day!

A Day on SuperCat

Today as Kat and Shay were leaving Mandjar Bay on their usual Lunch Cruise they were lucky enough to catch up with Coel on DD to play with the dolphins he rallied up!

The 4 dolphins followed our waves, jumping and surfing along side SuperCat...

All the way from Mandjar Bay to the opening of the ocean we led them out to the mouth of the ocean!

As we were coming up to the Waterside Canals we managed to spot another 4 dolphins to play with. They put on a great show for our passengers and followed us to the old bridge. Just as we thought our luck was up the dolphins from our lunch cruise had came back! Wanting another surfing lesson in our wake, we just couldn't say no.

On our last cruise for the day we still saw more dolphins.. :)

Heading back to Mandjar Bay we had a couple of dolphins with their babies follow us back into the bay. It was time to go.. finishing up for the day, our customers got off SuperCat with smiles on their faces. Certainly no one was disappointed!! :)

Our Latest Sightings

Vessel - Dancing Dolphin

6/3 10.30am: 1 Male Dolphin in the Creery Wetlands, very boring!

7/3 12.30pm: Very quick glimpse in another boats wake, very quick!

7/3 2.30pm: 3 played at the front of DD for a while – Big girl! Looked pregnant

7/3 4.30pm: 3 dolphins very unsocial, quite far from DD, approx 5 mines of viewing then disappeared

8/3 12.15pm: 1 heading towards Dolphin Quay/Marina

9/3 11.30am: 1 Dolphin herding up a school of fish at entry to canals, Went on for about 10 mins.

10/3 11.15am: 1 dolphin feeding along limestone wall in the mouth of the marina

10/3 Coel/Kat: 11.30am: 1 dolphin feeding outside Rolley Tasker’s

10/3 13.35pm: 1 Dolphin feeding on Fairbridge Bank

11/3 10.15am: 2 dolphins! Mother & Calf swimming around Mudlark

11/3 12.20pm: 1 dolphin swimming and having a lovely time in Sitka Court

19/3 12.15: Coel/Zac: 8-10 dolphins, 3 groups feeding along the canal walls in the marina

19/3 2.45pm: 1 single male heading south along estuary towards the peel inlet.

20/3 2.45pm: 6 dolphins at the entrance of the Murray River, being very playful

21/3 12.15pm: 4 close to Siska Court in canals catching fish.

21/3 1.15pm: 6 dolphins!! 2 mums & 2 calves, 2 males followed us out into Mandjar Bay

21/3 2.20pm: 8 Dolphins Close to Stingray Point, 5 followed us out and rode the wake of DD, coming back home there was 3 males and 1 female very huge (maybe pregnant)… Also spotted a new calf about 3-4weeks old making it 4 babies in the Bay !!! the little stripes were visible on the little one.

Vessel - Super Cat

11/3 11am: 4 dolphins! 1 dolphin caught a ride with the boat for about a good solid 20 mines. 2 dolphins in marina before we left, another dolphin swimming/fishing under the Jetty in Mandjar Bay

11/3 1pm: 2 dolphins feeding in the shallows

11/3 3pm: No Dolphins, Just a bit shy!

Latest Dolphin Sightings

Here are our latest dolphin sightings, as you can see they're a busy bunch of dolphins and we're seeing a lot of the babies as well

VESSEL - SUPER CAT

24/2 3:15 : 2 Dolphins Mother & Calf

25/2 11:15 : LOTS! Jumping out the water

25/2 1:45 : LOTS! Putting on a show jumping out of the water

27/2 12:15 : 2 Dolphins Mother & Calf in estuary, not playful

27/3 1:15 : 2 Dolphins Mother & Calf along the Estuary

3/3 1:20 : 2 dolphins between Stingray point & Marina

3/3 1:50 : 5 dolphins along Stingray Point

4/3 1:50 : 6 Dolphins, 2 jumping very high near old bridge

VESSEL - DANCING DOLPHIN

26/2 11:00 :  2 dolphins chasing fish along the wall of Tasker Corner

26/2 12:00 : 2 Dolphins, Nikki and one other. Jumping in front of DD

27/2 12:15 : 2 dolphins, Mum & Calf outside Marina

27/2 1:10 : 3 dolphins 1 male, 1 mum & Calf near Boundary Island

27/2 2:40 : 2 Dolphins going through Perfume Point out into inlet just cruising along with DD

28/2 12:30 : 1 male feeding off wall in Canal Homes

1/3 12:30 : 2 males seen in waterside canals coming towards DD to ride the bow towards the mouth of the canal homes

4/3 12:30 : 4 Dolphins Mum & Calf going past new bridge catching fish, riding the bow of DD catching some waves, 1 dolphin jumping, very playful baby got some really good footage, there was also another set of mummy & calfs in the Port Mandurah Canals.

Baby Dolphin Naming Contest

We're having a naming competition for Mandurah's new baby dolphins and we're giving everyone "2 Cruise for the Price of 1" vouchers just for voting for your favourite name. Just visit our Bouvard Cruises Facebook page and go to the "Pick Your Fave" tab on the left to cast your vote and register.
The names to choose from are Echo, Dancer and Sonar.