Monkey Mia beach is located in the Shark Bay World Heritage Area

Meet the Monkey Mia beach dolphins

Most mornings between 7:00am and mid-day, four females and their offspring visit the beach to receive fish from The Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) rangers. Visitors to Monkey Mia are able to enter the shallows and assist in the feeding under the supervision of the rangers.

Very strict controls apply to the feeding of dolphins within the Monkey Mia area, it is illegal to feed dolphins unless under CALM ranger supervision. To find out more visit this website. If you have enquiries about feeding, contact the Department of CALM at 61 8 9948 1366.

Whilst other dolphins often visit the beach, only four adult females are fed. Piccolo, the daughter of provisioned dolphin Puck, is the most recent dolphin to start accepting fish from CALM rangers. The other calves, Sparky, Kiya, Burda and Yadgalah have not been hand fed.

To find out how research helped the survival of the beach dolphins visit our 'why research?' page and our 'research findings' page.

Four adult females, Nicky, Surprise, Puck and Piccolo are provisioned. Each is identified by distinctive markings on their dorsal fins. The provisioned dolphins, as well as their offspring, who also visit the beach, are pictured below. Read the "Researchers Anecdotes and Stories" and you will also see the family trees of the beach dolphins.

		Wada- died at 3 months old, no photo!