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.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

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!

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