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Wild Dolphins Interaction: Unique Day Tour in Rockingham's Sheltered Bays
4.7
685 Ratings
Rockingham
Swim with wild dolphins in Rockingham’s sheltered bays and islands. Interact with over 200 local dolphins in their natural environment on this unique day tour.
Swim with wild dolphins in Rockingham’s sheltered bays and islands. Interact with over 200 local dolphins in their natural environment on this unique day tour.
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Rockingham Beach - Your day begins with a coach transfer from Perth or meet the boat at Val st Jetty, Rockingham (located in front of the Rockingham Cruising Yacht Club). On arrival you’ll board the Perth Wildlife Encounters custom-made dolphin swim vessel complete with a large rear platform, making access to the water very easy.
After your crew…
- Rockingham Beach - Your day begins with a coach transfer from Perth or meet the boat at Val st Jetty, Rockingham (located in front of the Rockingham Cruising Yacht Club). On arrival you’ll board the Perth Wildlife Encounters custom-made dolphin swim vessel complete with a large rear platform, making access to the water very easy.
After your crew has located a pod, youâll gear up with wetsuits, masks and snorkels (all equipment is included) and then dive into the fun, as you are quickly surrounded by excited whistles and splashes as the dolphins arrive to play. While many resorts provide opportunities to swim with dolphins, the crewâs rapport with these precocious marine mammals has created one of the best swim-with-dolphins excursions in Australia. Better still, Rockingham is a brief, 40-minute drive from Perth, making it an easy day trip.
Following your swim, youâll be treated to lunch with gourmet Seafood platters.
What's Included
- Professional guide
- Lunch
- Complementary photos from your cruise uploaded to Flickr for you to share!
- Use of snorkeling equipment
- Tea and coffee
- Options- Spectate (non-swimmer), Swimmer and/or Bus. Click check availability for options
- Professional guide
- Lunch
- Complementary photos from your cruise uploaded to Flickr for you to share!
- Use of snorkeling equipment
- Tea and coffee
- Options- Spectate (non-swimmer), Swimmer and/or Bus. Click check availability for options
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Hotel Pickup and Drop-off
- Not suitable for children under 6 years old
- Gratuities
- Hotel Pickup and Drop-off
- Not suitable for children under 6 years old
Additional Information
Swim with wild dolphins in the sheltered bays and islands off Rockingham, only 40-minutes by road from Perth. This is a unique opportunity to interact with the dolphins in their natural environment. Over the course of 30 years, the crew has befriended over 200 local dolphins, and this familiarity makes for an incredible day interacting with these…
Swim with wild dolphins in the sheltered bays and islands off Rockingham, only 40-minutes by road from Perth. This is a unique opportunity to interact with the dolphins in their natural environment. Over the course of 30 years, the crew has befriended over 200 local dolphins, and this familiarity makes for an incredible day interacting with these amazing, intelligent creatures.
- A basic level of swimming is required. You don’t need to be an expert swimmer and no previous snorkeling experience is necessary
- Please bring swimsuit, towel, a change of clothes, sunscreen, hat and a warm jacket
- Minimum age is 7 years
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Location
Val Street
Meet at the Val Street Jetty in Rockingham by 7:50am. Free all day parking on Harrison Street & Florence Street.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(685 Ratings)
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Sightseer34795701178
Mar 3, 2026
Greatest Dolphin swim tour - This may be the most ethical wildlife company I have ever had the pleasure of touring with. No feeding/ no pushing for interactions. Just pure encounters in the wild.
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D1553lbmariannew
Mar 2, 2026
Fantastic team of dolphin experts - Incredible experience with very professional team and such an honour to swim with truly wild dolphins. Fab day. Thank you.
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Grumpyandfrumpy
Feb 12, 2026
Simply incredible - I have always wanted to swim with dolphins but never wanted to exploit them in captivity so to have wild dolphins choose to interact with us was so incredibly special and demonstrates the trust that the dolphins have with this organisation.
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Gracek953
Feb 9, 2026
Amazing Experience - At first I thought we are going to be snorkelling but the whole experience is effortless just float ,glide onto the surface of the water while holding onto the belt of the next person n looking down trying to spot the dolphins.Even a non swimmer can do it.And the crew were amazing (Hugo,Willow, Briggite n the rest) they were very engaging, look after everyone and did accommodate my photography requests. My advice don't be like me at one stage I was kicking and that could potentially drive the dolphin away. I would recommend anyone who loves dolphins to go for it,truly wonderful experience.
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Inspire61940958994
Feb 6, 2026
Wild dolphins swim - This was Christmas/birthday present and it was absolutely awesome. The staff/tour guides were excellent, friendly,knowledgeable and made the experience amazing . The boat was fantastic ,along with the skipper who found so many dolphins for us. The lunch & snacks were delicious. If you have thought about doing this tour go ahead!! You will not regret it !!
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Kevin_t
Feb 3, 2026
Amazing Once in a Llifetime Opportunity - It is surprisingly a very low active trip. Guides are very knowlegeable and passionate about Dolphins. They were genuinely as stoked as the guests.
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G598rqnatalieg
Feb 2, 2026
A DAY TO REMEMBER! - Swimming with wild dolphins was pure magic. Being in the water with them, incredibly close, surrounded by the most beautiful water, was honestly beyond words an experience we’ll never forget.
The staff were absolutely fantastic: warm, friendly, and incredibly knowledgeable, making the whole day feel safe, relaxed, and special. Booking was easy and seamless, lunch was beautifully catered, and everything ran perfectly from start to finish.
If you’re even thinking about doing this, do it. Highly, highly recommend! ✨🐬
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989michaelb989
Feb 25, 2026
Too many participants, too much enthusiasm when there is no reason. - Like many other reviews: compliments to the team. They were all very friendly and eager to make this a success. But in the end, this turned more into a (very nice!) dolphin watching cruise than an actual swimming with dolphins. Maybe other tours had different experiences but during our tour we ended up splashing hecticly into the water in two sets of three parallel 5-people groups for maybe half an hour to catch a glimpse of a dolphin or two. For this type of setup, there were clearly way too many people squeezed onto the boat (30+?). I understand that the crew wants to pretend this was a success but I do believe honesty here goes a long(er) way: today we simply didn't find the right setup to make the swimming actually worth the effort. Tell me that and I nod and say "oh well, it's nature, after all". The way it went, we all pretended this was a great success instead. And please, please, cut the lecture in the end a bit. Half an hour of monotone preaching about dolphin is not interesting - just don't try to fill the time (see above: honesty goes a long way).
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Abigail_h
Mar 7, 2026
Disappointed-Child was not allowed to swim. Cannot find dolphin - Disappointed. Daughter was not allowed by tour operator to swim in the sea. Their reason-her menses can attract sharks-is not scientifically proven. I was able to pull out scientific research that debunk this myth: menses blood did not attract sharks and the water pressure will stop menses flow while they cannot pull out any evidence when i asked them. My daughter ended up all curled up in the boat doing nothing. Most of us who jumped into sea did not manage to see any Dolphin. We wasted a long time in the boat searching around the sea. A couple of dolphins did swim near our boat once but disappeared quickly. I feel the prices are too exorbitant & the money could have been spent elsewhere for some higher value experience. Operator did offer discount vouchers for a return trip but my daughter is not keen after this experience.
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L2763rhmartine
Feb 23, 2026
Not recommended, pure money-making scheme, group way too large, spent maybe 20 minutes in the water in total - With a group of 38 people, the amount of time each of the six fixed teams could actually spend in the water was limited. For our 10-year-old, it was almost impossible to get into the water without splashing, which scared the dolphins away on the first attempt. This was followed by a long, 20 km search for other dolphins, but even there, our contacts were limited to a maximum of 5 minutes per water session for our team, which had to go into the water in a chain. In total, we were in the water four times for about 5 minutes each. That had its benefits too, as the water was freezing cold even with thick wetsuits. We mostly saw dolphins from the boat, which was impressive. Our expectation of being able to really swim and play with the dolphins was completely disappointed.
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