Mandurah's Dolphin Blog: A Wintery 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.

Sunday, August 26, 2012

A Wintery Week!

Our week kicked off with some pretty windy wintery weather, however it was great to see so many people out and about and happy to get on the water and enjoy our cruises regardless!!

Tuesday 21/08/2012- Today dolphins took the opportunity to bow ride as we cruised in the estuary.

Wednesday 22/08/2012 – With a blustery day our dolphins surfaced on our last cruise of the day heading into Mariners Cove.

Thursday 23/08/2012 On this cloudy rainy day our beloved dolphins did not surface.

Friday 24/08/2012 – What a Day Our passengers on Mandjar today had 2 separate sightings and the dolphins were up in the air throwing fish and playing in the wake of the boat – WOW!

Saturday 25/08/2012 – Summer on its way, on this sunny day one of our regular dolphins was seen at the entrance to the canals all day!

Sunday 26/08/2012 – Sunny Sunday – dolphins were out bright and early as our cruise boats were setting up.

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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.