Swimming with Dolphins and Seals in New Zealand

With New Zealand offering quite a few fantastic coastal areas you can actually enjoy breathtaking up-close and personal encounter with friendly dolphins. It can actually be possible by swimming with Dolphins and Seals in New Zealand, in the midst of the pod filled with warm water and observe their actions. In the same location you will also come across killer whales also known as orcas, whales, seals, penguins and albatrosses. Daily tour boats with large viewing decks and staffs, trained in marine mammal behavior are available from ports along the eastern coast. Informative commentaries are provided by the staffs, who will even allow you to listen to dolphin calling sounds through hydrophones. It is not necessary to be well trained, for swimming with Dolphins and Seals in New Zealand, because the supplied swimsuits give sufficient buoyancy in the water.

Resident Dolphins could be found in the Bay of Islands, situated near the top of the North Island, visited by water-jet powered catamarans on a daily basis. Common and Bottlenose dolphins could be found in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf, a diverse marine park, where there's a 90% chance of successful viewing. A renowned Whale Watch operation and encounters with dusky dolphins is available at Kaikoura, on the South Island. You can avail of the chance of swimming with the rare Hector's dolphin at Lyttleton and Akaroa on the South Banks Peninsula. If you want to have more experience of swimming with Dolphins and Seals, an arrangement of natural history cruises on Milford and Doubtful Islands from Manapouri and Te Anau in Southland can be the one you are looking for.

General Information

  -   Websuits which includes of hoods, gloves and booties along with masks, snorkels and fins are provided to the tourists free of charge. You need to bring in with you swimsuit, towel, camera and sunscreen. To keep you warm hot deck showers are immediately available after swimming with Dolphins and Seals in New Zealand. After swimming/viewing tea, coffee, hot chocolates and biscuits are provided to the tourists free of charge.

  -   Each tour of swimming with Dolphins and Seals requires 2 to 4 hours. Also the timing of the tour depends on the factor that where the dolphins could be found.

  -   While swimming with Dolphins and Seals in New Zealand in an open sea you can be exposed to a variety of climatic conditions such as sea swell and the wind. Thus such extremes may cause sea sickness to some of the tourists. If sea conditions are deemed too severe, keeping in mind the safety of the guests, tours of swimming with Dolphins and Seals in New Zealand will be cancelled. All fares are refunded if the weather conditions are extreme and so the fares would then be converted from 'dolphin swimming' to 'dolphin viewing'. But fares are certainly not refunded if the dolphins do not interact with the swimmers.

Accommodation in New Zealand
Accommodation in Auckland	Accommodation in Christchurch
Accommodation in Queenstown	Accommodation in Wellington
Accommodation in Whangamata	Accommodation in Whangarei