Mandurah's Leaping Dolphins!

Mandurah's dolphins have been particualry playful in the last week "Dancing Dolphin" seeing up to 15/20 dolphins on one cruise. The dolphins played on the bow wave of the boat, spinning and splashing. Another pod was spotted chasing a school of fish in the shallow water on Stingray Point, this seems to be a popular spot for the dolphins.

"Super Cat" once again was joined by the playful bottlenosed dolphins in the main channel. They chased the boat all the way from Stingray Point in Manjar Bay to the ocean entrance having a great time jumping and playing in the boats wake, even managing to splash passengers eagerly watching onboard.

Nikky and her calf were seen on a number of occassions fishing and playing with the boats. There are also a number of new baby dolphin's in Mandurah at the moment a mother and a calf were spotted yesterday in the estuary and from the size and colour of the calf we believe it is only about one month old. A few of the skippers have also seen a few other baby dolphins in the last week out in the Peel inlet, they are very cute and very exciting to watch as they try new things and have fun splashing around, and mum is never far from their sides.

If you would like to see Mandurah's Dolphins please contact us:

Ph: +61 89581 1242 Email: info@bouvardcruises.com.au

Web: http://www.bouvardcruises.com.au/

Dolphins in the Mandurah Estuary

Yesterday was another fun day for dolphins in the Mandurah Estuary with both vessels "Dancing Dolphin" and "Super Cat" seeing dolphins throughout the day.

Onboard "Super Cat" Doug and Kat saw dolphins on all of the cruises starting at 10am with one dolphin leaving the Port Mandurah Canals to chase fish on Stingray Point the dolphin circled the fish and slapped the water with its tail, also blowing bubbles under the water to scare the fish. When dolphins start to chase fish in shallow water it is quite interesting to watch especially when they work in groups, they can be pretty quick getting up to 40km in short bursts.

The 12pm cruise was joined by a pod of 4 dolphins who were very playful they chased the boat upstream to the turning point of the cruise then returned downstream chasing the boat and jumping in its wake.

By the 2pm cruise a pod of 6 large male dolphins were slowly making their way downstream out into the Indian Ocean, the dolphins although not overly interested in the boats just passed the boat on several occassions giving passengers great photo opportunities.

The 4pm cruise was another excitiing trip, as we were heading upstream in the Mandurah estuary Doug the skipper onboard saw 2 dolphins chasing schools of fish about 300 metres away from the boat once the dolphins had noticed the boat they stopped chasing fish and headed straight for us, we continued on our way and the dolphins jumped in behind us and chased us through the estuary having a great time surfing and leaping out of the water.

If you would like to see Mandurah's Dolphins please contact us:

Phone: +61 89581 1242 Email: info@bouvardcruises.com.au

Web: http://www.bouvardcruises.com.au/

"Showing Off"

Wow! What an amazing couple of days for dolphin's in Mandurah onboard with Bouvard Cruises. Simon and Kat the crew onboard "Super Cat" have been lucky to introduce our passengers to two of our local pods of dolphins.

The 3pm cruise on Monday had a pod of 8 dolphins splashing, twirling and playing in the boats wake. The dolphins were turning over and swimming belly up showing off to passengers onboard. Tuesday was another great day for dolphins, Nikky and her pod of about 6 dolphins came over to "Super Cat" in the Mandurah Estuary to say hello on the 1pm cruise. We soon saw that they were in a particulary playful mood so we challenged them to what we call a "run" which is when we speed the boat up and the dolphins often chase the boat and play in its wake, and we were not dissapointed. The dolphins played in the wake jumping and twirling, showing off as passengers watched closely with cameras ready. They put on a great show jumping right up out of the water and splashing everyone with water.

"Dancing Dolphin" hasn't missed out on their share of the dolphins either. Nikky and the pod also spent some time with the "Dancing Dolphin" this time playing on the bow wave. Kim and Coel the crew onboard made sure everyone got a good look at the pod spending time with them in the estuary both crew and passengers absolutely loved it and got some good photos aswell.

If you would like to see Mandurah's Dolphins please contact us:

Phone: 61 89591 1242 Email: info@bouvardcruises.com.au

Web: http://www.bouvardcruises.com.au/

Dolphin Sightings 26/12/09

The Mandurah dolphins have been pretty busy over the Christmas season mating, feeding in the shallows, throwing fish but also finding time to play with seaweed and with our vessels "Dancing Dolphin" and "Super Cat".

Nikky and her calf who is now one year old have been sighted quite often in the last few weeks, Nikky is teaching her calf how to survive once the calf leaves her side. This week they were seen in Manjar Bay rounding up school's of mullet in the shallow waters. Nikky found herself getting stuck on the sandbank due to the low tides but has learnt how to get herself off again over the years. Many dolphins get caught on sandbanks chasing fish some result in getting sunburnt which heals quickly but leaves a white scar on the dolphin. We are expecting that Nikky pregnant again as she was seen mating with a large male dolphin the gestation period for a dolphin is 12 months.

Another of our favourite dolphins was seen this week "White Spot" and a pod of mostly male dolphins were out in the estuary swimming on the bow wave of the "Dancing Dolphin" White Spot as his name would suggest has a white spot on his head just before his dorsal fin, he is a keen jumper and will usually play with the boats. He also likes to show off a little jumping right next to the boat and wetting passengers onboard.

From the crew at Bouvard Cruises we hope that you had a very Merry Christmas and have a happy and safe New Year and would love to see you on one of our cruises to meet our wonderful bottlenosed dolphins.

If you would like to see Mandurah's dolphin's please contact us:

Phone: +61 89581 1242 Email: info@bouvardcruises.com.au Web: http://www.bouvardcruises.com.au/

Another great day for dolphin's has been and gone in sunny Mandurah. With both boats the "Dancing Dolphin" and the "Super Cat" in the Bouvard Cruises fleet sighting dolphin's througout the day. Two pods of 6 six dolphin's travelled through the canals and estuary today and both pods were very playful not only towards each other but with the boats as well, with a bit of mating also happening around luch time.

"Dancing Dolphin" followed one of the pods in the Mandurah estuary near the bird sanctuary and watched as they played with sea weed, while "Super Cat" enjoyed the playful dolphin's on the 3pm cruise as they followed the boat, jumped and played in its wake creating excitment for both crew and passengers and some great photo opportunities, then slowly continued out to the Indian Ocean.

If you would like to see Mandurah's Dolphin's please contact us:

Phone: +61 8 9581 1242 Email: info@bouvardcruises.com.au

Web: http://www.bouvardcruises.com.au/

Another "Amazing" Dolphin Movie

Another "Amazing" clip of Mandurah's dolphin playing in the wake of Bouvard Cruise's ferry "Super Cat". There were about 6 dolphins in the pod swapping from one side of the ferry to the other. The Mandurah dolphins seem to really like the wake that the "Super Cat" puts off because when ever they are around they always come over and play.

It has been another exciting week this week for dolphin's in Mandurah. Coel and the Crew onboard "Dancing Dolphin" sighted up to 20 dolphin's near the War Memorial playing around the boat and feeding in the shallow water.

While out in the Mandurah Estuary near the bird sanctuary six dolphin's joined "Super Cat" on a cruise and were surfing in the wake of the boat. Nikky and her calf were also seen feeding in the shallow water along Fairbridge Bank.

If you would like to see Mandurah Dolphin's please contact us:
Phone: +61 8 9581 1242 Email: info@bouvardcruises.com.au

Website: http://www.bouvardcruises.com.au/