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.
What an amazing week it has been for the crew and passengers onboard Bouvard Cruises this week. There have been dolphin sightings on nearly every cruise this week and the dolphins have been amazing, from baby dolphins just about every day to dolphins leaping out of the water and playing in the wake of the boats.
One of the local pods including Nikky, White Spot and 22 have been chasing after our boats in the past few days leaping out of the water and putting on a great show. This mornings 10am cruise did not let us down with the youngest of the calves who we have named baby Sonic was seen with his mum in the Mandurah Ocean Marina and then again in Manjar Bay. We also had a pod of dolphins in the Mandurah estuary that joined us and played under the bow of "Dancing Dolphin" they also jumoed out of the water. Both crew and passengers enjoyed the great show put on by the dolphins and we are pretty sure they enjoyed it too. :)
If you would like to see Mandurah's playful dolphins please contact Bouvard Cruises:
Ph: +61 89581 1242
In the last few weeks we have had two new arrivals. The crew at Bouvard Cruises have been happy to introduce two baby dolphins to their passengers with regular sightings of a 7 week old calf and a smaller calf that is about a week and a half old now. Both calves are doing well and are getting more and more confident, which is great for us to get a good look at them. Like any baby they are still learning how things are done and they don't always go to plan but with mum close by the calves are learning fast. The dolphins have been regulars on our cruises in the past few weeks and we have some great photos to share with you. The first photo is of the older calf at around 6 weeks old and the other is of the youngest dolphin at about one and a half weeks old.
If you would like to see Mandurahs playful dolphins contact us at Bouvard Cruises:
Ph: +61 89581 1242
SuperCat 12pm Lunch CruiseCapt Kat & Kim were doing their regular lunch cruise, We had 13 passengers on board, One passenger was having his birthday with his daughter and her friend, They surprised him whilst on the boat.Half way through the cruise heading in we encountered a pod of 7 dolphins being very dormant and having a rest. We then spot 2 more heading out towards the estuary, they jumped into the wake of the boat, rode the waves whilst leaping and jumping! Putting on a show they do big belly flops to the delight of the passengers, who were clapping and cheering, it was just amazing, the dolphins were frolicking and jumping all the way with the boat to the entrance of the inlet.We then turned around heading for home base and the dolphins came with us again, but this time they just surfed the huge waves created by the 'SuperCat' and a boat full of guys fishing and cruising parrallel with us. The dolphins loved it! As did our passengers, plus the birthday boy had a great cruise and a dolphin experience he'll never forget!
Bouvard Cruises are celebrating the arrival of two baby dolphins in the Mandurah area. One of our favourite pods of dolphins Nikkys family have introduced two calves to our passengers in the last couple of weeks. They are very cute and we are trying to get photos of the calves but it is so hard as the calves are still learning to swim properly however we did get a quick shot of the older of the two. The Calves are learning fast and are starting to be very playful with the boats.
As the weather warms up over the beautiful Mandurah water ways the dolphins are getting more interactive with the boats Monday was particulary good with the dolphin as Coel and Kat onboard "Dancing Dolphin' saw 20 dolphins during the day including the latest arrivals.
Mandurahs dolphins are very friendly and playful, but please remember that they are wild animals and you shouldn't feed or touch them, please help us to keep our dolphins wild and healthly and please put your rubbish in the bin once you have finnished with it.
If you would like to see Mandurah's playful dolphins please contact Bouvard Cruises:
Ph: +61 89581 1242
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Our passengers often ask us on our cruises where are we going to see the dolphins or when will we see them, and our answer is always the same, we're not sure. This is because all of the dolphins we see are wild and they come and go when they wish. We feel this is the best bit about going out in search of the dolphins because you never know where they will be or what they will be doing. Sometimes we can find them 5 minutes into the trip or not until we are on our return trip and unfortunately we do not always get to see them however this is not from lack of trying. Just like humans dolphins all have their own personalities and moods we often find dolphins who love to play in the wake of our boats and have alot of fun jumping and splashing, while other dolphins are happing just slowing swimming along. We are also very lucky to be able to watch the dolphins on their hunt for food which can be an amazing sight as dolphins are very smart and very quick working together to catch fish or chasing them along the rock walls in the canals. They also like to play with their food throwing octopus and large cobbler around.
We were lucky enough recently to be joined by Nicky and her calf in the wake of our boat the "Super Cat" while we were enjoying the sunshine out in the Peel Inlet on one of our lunch time fish and chip cruises. Nicky and the calf who is now close to two years old jumped and played in the wake and our we got some great shots of them as did our very excited passengers.
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Supercat 12pm Cruise
Cpt Kat an Kim (being me) were doing our 1 hour cruise on the "Supercat" and we were heading back from the new Mandurah bridge towards the canal's when we spotted a large pod of dolphins and they started heading straight for the boat, as they love to play in the wake of this particular boat, at first they went under the bow, but then 3 of them dropped back to the port side, they were jumping out of the water and the 3 of them criss crossed over each continuously enjoying the wake and the slipstream that the boat creates, they did this for ages all the way to the old Mandurah bridge, while the rest of the pod enjoyed the bow of the the boat, where they get drawn in and bow wave which then pulls them along and they just go with it, the dolphins love this so much because you watch them roll around in it and they also go upside down and it seems as if there looking up at you, as the deck hand on the boat we get to experience this all the time and you wish you could just reach down and rub there bellies??
This interaction the dolphins have with the boats always brings a lot of joy and excitement to our passengers, who come from all over the world to experience our amazing dolphins that we have in the Mandurah region.
So if you have a spare hour on any day of the week come and join our crew, and check out Mandurah, the waterways and the chance to interact with the local dolphins..................
Gavin & Tara sighted a dolphin in the
Dawesville Channel on Sunday with half a fin " It looked like it had been chopped off" and contacted us to see if we knew what dolphin it was.
We believe it was possibly Nicky, she has half her fin missing and has been in the
Mandurah waterways for many years. We often see her playing in the wake of our boats. Nicky has raised several calves over the years in our waterways.
Often Dolphins are born with defects to their dorsal fins however it is also a common place for injuries caused by boats and other
predators. We
Believe Nicky was born with only half a fin. You can often see teeth marks in a dolphins dorsal fin caused by other dolphins, they do this as a way of playing with each other.
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