May was a bad month for the swimmers. We had lots of rain and strong winds, although the dolphins are still close to Glenelg.
May 20th was the first time in 2 seasons that we had gone out and not had a swim - we did not get enough dolphin interaction, the water was dirty and a bit rough. All swimmers received their money back as well as a little souvenier. Dolphin numbers were down in May but I put this down to not being able to spot them at a distance because of grey clouds and choppy water.
June and July is maintenance time and a holiday period for the crew.
Temptation will be taken out of the water and the back steps will be extended to allow easier access for swimmers and to give the boat better stability.
April was an easy month for finding dolphins as they were just out from the marina for the entire month. This was good for the watchers but bad for the swimmers as the water visibility is not good around Glenelg due to the dredging and the river outlets. The water temperature is now around 19°.
We have now recorded 9 babies for this season.
April 11th was an exciting day for crew members, as "Mohawk" came into the marina with a new born (this was how our swims all started 4 years ago when we first noticed Mohawk with a new born which we named "Jade").
However, April 22nd and 24th "Mohawk" came to Temptation to swim up front of the vessel for over 20 minutes on both occasions but the new born was not in sight.
Please note Sunday May 23rd will be our last swim of this season - we will be back to play with the dolphins mid August.
March was an excellent month with great visibility, lots of dolphins and many babies.
The dolphins have moved back to the Glenelg area with many of our first swims within the first 15 minutes of the cruise.
During the beginning of March the dolphins held back a bit from the swimmers, this we assume was due to the babies, however, towards the end of March the dolphins were back to the usual curious and playful dolphins that we know and love.
So far this year we have noted 8 new borns.
Crew member Jade headed over to Western Australia early March to look at Mandura, Rockingham and Bunbury and also took the long journey up to Monkey Mia - notes from this trip will be placed on the World Dolphin Swim pages under Western Australia soon.
February dolphin swim cruises were excellent! We had great weather, excellent water visibility, heaps of dolphins and good swims. Although we have had to travel futher away from the Glenelg beaches to pick up dolphin pods for most of February.
During the month we have seen 7 new born bottlenose dolphins in the local area.
On the 12th February, there were reports of Killer Whales being spotted in the area but they had disappeared by the time we got there.
Please note: Seals have been seen regularly resting in their usual area - For those people who know where this is, please keep the information to yourself because as mentioned above "they are resting".
During January, as a whole, we did not see many dolphins per trip and the swims were either exceptionally good or very poor.
Jade (the dolphin) has been taking care of a juvenile dolphin and Mohawk has been spotted mainly on her own.
The local beaches are almost dolphin free after the January long weekend, with all swims between January 26th and January 31st not being anything to write about.
The seals are still off the beaches of Adelaide and should be given a wide berth as they float on the surface with fins in the air.
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