Ethical dolphin encounters

[PunkAssMoFo]

Has anyone had any experience of this and can tell me where it was.

DD is desperate to swim with dolphins, but I hate those shows where people ride their fins and they’re in a small pool. I read of a couple of encounters where wild dolphins are almost guaranteed to come and swim with you in the ocean - Qatar (not on our holiday list) and New Zealand ( too far). Anyone know of anywhere else where this is possibly?

I wasnt suggesting sea world!! Was more agreeing with feeling uncomfortable places like that exist and that it seems to be a default for so many people.

We went on a boat ride to see dolphins and pilot whales in tenerife although we only saw pilot whales when we went in january. Probably depends on the time of year.
I wouldnt swim with them though as i heard too many stories of them getting frisky

I knew you werent suggesting it adventure i more read it that youd miss understood what the op was looking for ie a chance to swim with dolphins at any cost.

Some one has already presumed her daughter means hide their fins etc

In my experience, dolphins aren't the least bit ethical. Give one half a chance and it'll steal your wallet or sell you a dodgy timeshare. Porpoises? Even worse.

hatchee what about orcas their even worse

i love Orcas ive been obsessed with them since i was 5

Well its very long haul, but you can swim with wild dolphins near Perth Australia With the sheer number of shark attacks off the west coast around Perth you would be mad to do this!

Thanks for all the input. I was definitely already trying to steer dd away from this idea. I was just looking tor a possible back up in case I can’t.

You can swim with dolphins in Mauritius.
We've done it. It's in the open ocean, (inside the reef).

I think someone else mentioned it, but Hurghada is a good place. They have a reef area called dolphin house and they usually are there. We were allowed into the water to snorkel / swim with them under strict instructions not to touch. It was great, we had a pod of around 50 dolphins including many young and they played all around us for ages.

Oh don't be daft Joe66. Thousands of people around Perth swim all the time (including me). You're only really at risk from sharks if you are a surfer or scuba diver. And even then you can take precautions (Shark shield etc).There's more risk crossing the road.

Yes but there are shark nets off the beaches which are then relatively safe. If no risk exists of attack, why have they spent millions of dollars on shark nets? I was chatting last week to a guy who ran diver boats out of Perth WA, and business was hit so badly by the increasing shark attacks he has packed up.

Perth city alone has something like 19 beaches. Only one has a shark net, I think its the only one on the whole of the West Coast. So they're not exactly widely used. Australia has over 27,000 beaches, only a handful have a net (and they only cover a small portion of the beach). Thousands of people swim all the time, the number of shark deaths is tiny, and pretty much always surfers or divers. Of course there is a risk, but its miniscule (unless you dive or surf in deep waters), but really you are in more danger crossing the road. Yes I can see how divers would be put off, but you aren't going to get savaged by Jaws if you go for a swim at the beach.

Oh and you say shark nets make a beach relatively safe. Well if you swim within the net you're only at risk from jellyfish, no shark is going to get through the net, its made of tough stuff. Actually, the only netted beach I know of, lots of people swim outside the net anyway!