Mandurah's Dolphin Blog: MANY MANY Dolphin sightings this week...

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, February 17, 2012

MANY MANY Dolphin sightings this week...

A HUGE amount of dolphin sightings on our 1 hour Dolphin and Canal Scenic Tours this week! Everyone here at Mandurah Cruises is looking forward to cruising this coming weekend and hope the wild dolphins playful mood continues for our customers.

Come for a cruise with us this weekend!

Here some some of the boat dolphin sighting over the week.

Thursday 16th February

• 9 dolphins in estuary

Wednesday 15th February

• Many Dolphins in and around the canal entrance

Tuesday 14th February

• Dolphins riding the Super Cat wave

• Dolphins in Marinas Cove Canal

Monday 13th February

• Loads of dolphins today! Dolphins were seen near the inlet, Old Bridge and in the bay. Too many to count on two hands!

Happy Cruising,
Mandurah Cruises

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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.