The best dolphin watch in Australia is on board Dolphin Swim Australia’s wild dolphin swim at Port Stephens NSW. Dolphin swims on the East Coast of Australia at Port Stephens are the best available and you can combine your dolphin swim with a super exciting offshore dolphin watch.

Our world first wild dolphin swim has state of the art onboard cameras capturing all of the awesome swim with dolphins action above and below the water, played on board via twin flat screen TV’s on the deck. If you love dolphin watching or swimming with dolphins then this cruise is for you. You can join us by clicking the big PINK button BOOK NOW and choosing your day right now.

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Swimming with dolphins

Dolphin watch on the east coast of Australia have received a much needed boost through the world first wild dolphin swim experience AMVE (aquatic marine viewing experience) at Port Stephens. Never before has there been such an interactive dolphin watching experience, where watching dolphins combines with swimming with dolphins and a world class team of presenters who share their passion and knowledge of all things cetacean with participants.

Dolphin swimming on the east coast of Australia is a rare gem, with only one licensed and approved wild dolphin swim available. Dolphin Swim Australia are the proud owners of the first and only permit to swim with dolphins ever issued on the East Coast of Australia. Permitted by the Marine Park Authority to operate within the offshore boundaries of the Port Stephens / Great Lakes Marine Park and allowed to interact with the Short Beaked Common dolphin.

Our operational season is 1st weekend of October to last weekend of May. October operations ensure the boat encounters not only dolphins, though often we see the traveling Humpback Whales and calves as they commence their southern migration on the whale highway which takes them right through our swim grounds at Port Stephens. Whale Watching and dolphin watching combine with our swim, where for months and we get to see the most amazing sights while enjoying close in water encounters with dolphins.

Swimming with dolphins Port Stephens

Another world first: This season Dolphin Swim Australia’s guests will enjoy the benefits of high definition cameras capturing the action above and below water. Off season has seen the implementation of state of the art camera capture systems and now each and every swim will be filmed above and below water allowing guests to both see the action, via twin flat screen TV’s on board and the general public, friends and family, through the scheduled playback where a rough edit of the the entire swim sequence including training, occurs with a 6 hour delay on our website. How cool is that? Clients will also be able to purchase a disk of video footage and stills from this state of the art system, right on the boat on the day.  This is the best wild dolphin swim in Australia bar none, so BOOK NOW and ensure you will be joining Dolphin Swim Australia for their third and best season yet!

Dolphin watching and whale watching has never been more exciting than joining our 50 foot Ocean Catamaran ‘Imagine’ and swimming with dolphin at wonderful Port Stephens NSW. Every person who joins our wild dolphin swim is virtually assured of the best dolphin watch on the planet.

As our season extends from the 1st weekend in October right up to the beginning of the whale watch season of June we often encounter Humpback, Minke and Southern Right whales on our dolphin swimming adventures. It is a truly wonderful experience to enjoy a close encounter with natures ‘gentle giants’, the intelligent and often vocal Humpback whales.

If you ant to go dolphin swimming in Forster, or the great lakes area come with Dolphin Swim Australia, the ONLY licensed wild dolphin swim in NSW. Licensed by the Marine Park Authority to operate our dolphin swim experience within the boundaries of the Port Stephens marine park, you can join our team of trained professionals and scientists as we safely lead you through your personal wild dolphin swim experience.

Dolphin Swim Australia is a world first wild dolphin encounter. We are the first to combine worlds best practice training, operational systems and procedures with a science based approach to ensure we never chase, harm or harass dolphins during our swim. Our wonderful common dolphins choose to be with and swim with us! As we head toward the end of our most successful season yet, we can share that we have attained a 99% success rate this season for swimming with dolphins.

Dolphin Swim Australia is now booking our 2012-13 summer season, make sure you get online and book your dolphin swim experience NOW.

Common Dolphin D.delphis coming to say hi

Aquatic Marine Viewing Experience
” A breakthrough in Dolphin / Human interaction”

After a long winter layoff the most exciting and authentic dolphin swim in Australia, Dolphin Swim Australia’s A.M.V.E is ready to BOOK NOW

After four years of development, two years and two full applications Dolphin Swim Australia is now the ONLY licensed dolphin swim in New South Wales.

Combining a world class system of dolphin swim procedures with a long term study of the Short Beaked Common Dolphin D.delphis, our expert team are committed to providing our participants with a dolphin adventure unlike any other in Australia.

In late March Dolphin Swim Australia played host to the team from Getaway, channel Nine’s premier national travel show. Combining the essence of play and excitement that is forfront on the show, Jason and Andrew shared with Australia the key to offshore dolphin swimming. FUN!

CLICK HERE to view the Getaway segment.

Dolphin Swim Australia is currently booking in advance for their 2010-2011 summer season

Swim dates most weekends and weekdays on demand. CLICK HERE for calendar and bookings

Times: 6am – 10am

Location: Departs Dock C d’Albora Marine Nelson Bay NSW Australia

Cost: $229pp Swimmer $60 Observer

With an amazing trip to tonga we were able to capture the humpback whale songs for the year. Incredibly, the whales all sing the same song. It does change from year to year, and gets a bit more evolved, but all of the singers are singing the same song. It’s quite amazing to think about. Have a listen to some of the sounds below. Each sound bite is taken from the overall song.

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Close your eyes and listen to the whale song. You can almost imagine yourself there, swimming with the whales. It is an amazing example of communication, at a level far out of the human experience. Detailed information is being sent through this aqueous environment, to disperse these sound bites for the whales to retrieve. It’s alost impossible to image. These waves of information can travel all the way from Bermuda, to Australia.