Sunny Bay of Plenty is the perfect place to see or swim with dolphins. During the summer months, both bottle nose and common dolphins live in these waters.

Swimming with dolphins is an enchanting experience. Their playful and inquisitive nature means that they are just as fascinated by you as you are by them, and the warm waters of the Bay of Plenty is home to hundreds of pods – so sightings are common. The best time to find dolphins here is during the summer months, from November through to April. Teeming with fish and marine life, whales and seals also call the sheltered waters off the Bay of Plenty coastline home. 

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