Mandurah's Dolphin Blog: Latest Dolphin Sightings up to 13 May

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.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Latest Dolphin Sightings up to 13 May

Sunday 24th April

10am - Pod of 6 dolphins including 2 calves near the Marina
10.45am - 5 dolphins playing in the canal homes
12pm - 6 inside the Marina followed us from Mandjar Bay
2pm - 4 in Mandjar Bay jumping and being extremely playful
2.30pm - 4 dolphins in the Canal Homes, followed out to Mandjar Bay

Wednesday 27th April

10am - 7 dolphins in the peel inlet very playful, followed us out to the Old Traffic Bridge

Sunday 1st May

10am - 3 dolphins, 2 mothers and a calf finishing
12pm - No dolphins on this cruise L
2pm - Just one dolphin fishing in the Marina

Wednesday 4th May

1pm - 3 dolphins riding the bow waves of Dancing Dolphn near Old Traffic Bridge
1pm - Pod of 7 Dolphins, playing in the wake of Super Cat, swam with us until the Old Traffic Bridge
3.30pm - 12 dolphin’s woohoo! Swimming and playing in the wake from the Marina to the Canals
3.50pm - 20+ Dolphins!!! All throughout out the canals – Most I’ve every seen!!!

Thursday 5th May

11am - 2 Dolphins. Just a mum and calf, mum and calf swimming with us from Mandjar Bay

Friday 6th May

12.15pm - 5 dolphins, we got radioed by Mandjar & DD to advise us with dolphins, carried 5 dolphins out to the estuary
1pm - Pod of 10 Dolphin! Oh My Gosh! Including 3 baby calves in Mandjar Bay

Saturday 7th May

12.30pm - 4 Dolphins. 1 mother & her calf swam alongside SuperCat from the Old Bridge to the New Bridge. Also another mother & calf in the marina
2.15pm - saw 3 dolphins in Mandjar feeding on fishes, and then followed us into the Marina

Thursday 12th May

3.15pm - 7 dolphins, All different pods swimming throughout the estuary, One being Nikki & her calf

Friday 13th May

11.20am - Mother & Calf in Mandjar Bay, following us through the estuary
1pm - WE SAW SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT TODAY! A SEAL!

If you would like to have your own sightings of Mandurah's leaping dolphins please contact Bouvard Cruises:
Ph: +61 89581 1242
Email: info@bouvardcruises.com.au
Web: http://www.bouvardcruises.com.au/

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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.