Welcome to the home of Angie's Dolphin Diaries. Here you will find the in-water records of encounters had with the local Dolphins of Ponta during June 2022 in the Maputo National Park (MNP).. We would like to say a heartfelt thanks for joining us on the Dolphin Boat in Ponta! Without you we would not be able to do what we love most.
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280622 - Albeit a little overcast and gloomy, sea state in the bay was calm and visibility good making for a great inwater encounter with the local dolphins of Ponta.
This morning we shared space with dolfriends Billy and Jagger while they waited for the rest of the pod to arrive. What followed was a really cool observation of some pansy shell interaction and the cutest evil eye toby fish that had been ‘unsanded’ by one of the young juvenile males!
Thank you to Julie and Katelyn for joining us this morning together with volunteer Sasha and new arrival Jana!
260622 - It was a great morning at sea with two pods spotted on encountour.
First up Sheshy Dalila and Danny were seen heading south around the point and in Malongane Bay a huge pod was observed surfing - also heading south!
@00:26 When two girls argue 😱 and you are caught in the middle of a dolphin tizz!
It seems the one lady wanted to circle swim, however the other lady had a jealous moment and gave her a tail slap which resulted in some open jaws - something you do not often see with females!
240622 - This morning we observed a large mixed pod of adult males, mums, babes and singletons traveling south along backline. It was a stampede of bottlenose dolphins as they passed through while slowing for bouts of conscious interaction and circle swimming.
180622 - The on-shore was up early this morning as we pushed in as the sun was coming up!
At the top of our northern range we observed a large nursery pod who were between resting, surfing and socialising.
170622 - Whales ahoy! The season is upon us as we found ourselves spotting two groups of humpback whales heading north; one breaching in the distance and one group traveling!
Today a large pod was observed milling in the bay very close to the surf zone. The comings and goings of the males which included Skelletor and Ivan found us surrounded by boys who spent time bottom rubbing and socialising amongst an array of interesting vocalisations @ 02::00 which also includes the moaning of a whale in the distance.
080622- It’s always nice to catch up with dolfriends, and when it happens on WOD is even better!
This morning Beever and his band of brothers were observed in Ponta Bay, with female Silva in the area too but not ‘with’ the males. In-water, adult males Beever and Thunder came to engage, with him offering up a close up view of how dolphins like to show off their catch - well he did at least!
Towards the end of the encounter which lasted just over 5 minutes, a far younger, whistling male stayed to engage before leaving what looked like semen floating in the water - where is the sample bottle when you need it!
050622 - It was a misty, misty morning; however as the sun rose and burnt off the foggy skies so looking for little dorsal fins became easier. The westerly was upon us earlier than expected and outside temperatures chilly to say the least.
In the northern reaches of the adjacent Bay we observed two pods of bottlenose dolphins, the first disappeared on approach and the second - a group of some 22-30 individuals comprised of females, mums and babes in the company of adult males and a humpback dolphins (too far to confirm if it was Herme and sadly our ID camera equipment suffered the salt water death).
The pod was milling off backline, making in-water observations difficult, however we were approached as they came offshore, passing through with some sub-adult females, Billy and Daisy slowing for a bit of conscious interaction before heading north with the rest of the ‘resters’.