Temptation Sailing

Temptation Sailing Temptation Sailing offers a variety of multi award winning eco tourism cruises from Glenelg, SA
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23/04/2025

Almost forgot this is the whole point…Spending our days doing what we love most — being out on the water, welcoming you all aboard Temptation. We’re so grateful for every one of you who joined us this season, whether it was on a tour or following along online. You helped make these past 7 months unforgettable. As we cruise into our final days of the season, there’s still time to join us for a Coastal Day Cruise — let’s send it off right. Booking are open now for our last few days and for the 25/26 seasons!

Up close and personal 🦭🦭🦭 Some incredible shots taken by our crew of one playful (photogenic) Long-Nosed Fur seal spotte...
23/04/2025

Up close and personal 🦭🦭🦭 Some incredible shots taken by our crew of one playful (photogenic) Long-Nosed Fur seal spotted further offshore. A perfect morning out on the water and a very lucky encounter during our Wild Dolphin Tour! 🤗🐬 -nosedfurseal

14/04/2025

Sunset Dolphin Magic during our Twilight Cruise ⛵️🐬🌅

Starting off the school holidays with a bang!!! The conditions out on the water and wild dolphin encounters have been no...
14/04/2025

Starting off the school holidays with a bang!!! The conditions out on the water and wild dolphin encounters have been nothing short of magic these past few days! Come and join us for a Wild Dolphin Tour! We have lots of Mid-Week availability or join the waitlist for this Easter weekend 🙌 🐬

14/04/2025

During a family golden hour session last night we spotted the local Temptation Sailing vessel out on their twilight cruise, what a gorgeous way to spot dolphins and watch that stunning sunset! 😍😍😍

Photos from this morning’s Wild Dolphin Tour! Captured are our residential species the Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin a...
11/04/2025

Photos from this morning’s Wild Dolphin Tour! Captured are our residential species the Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin and one playful (photogenic) Long-Nosed Fur seal spotted further offshore. A perfect morning out on the water! 🤗🐬 Get your bookings in early for this coming school holidays and Easter long weekend. We look forward to welcoming you on for our last month of this season! 🙌 -nosedfurseal

07/04/2025

Above and below the water POV swimming with wild dolphins 🐬🤗

Back swim in action 🐬🐬🐬 How incredible that we get to view this beautiful species up close on our Wild Dolphin Tour in t...
03/04/2025

Back swim in action 🐬🐬🐬

How incredible that we get to view this beautiful species up close on our Wild Dolphin Tour in their natural habitat!

31/03/2025

Last nights Twilight Cruise 🙌 We have just added two more public cruises for this Saturday! And still have remaining availability on Sundays Coastal Day cruise. Come and join us out on the water this weekend ⛵️

Long-nosed Fur Seal Flipper Sailing & Resting! 🦭⛵️🤿On especially lucky days during our Wild Dolphin Tour, we get to enco...
20/03/2025

Long-nosed Fur Seal Flipper Sailing & Resting! 🦭⛵️🤿

On especially lucky days during our Wild Dolphin Tour, we get to encounter more than one type of marine mammal. Pictured here is the Long-nosed Fur Seal.

Approximately 83% of the Long-nosed Fur Seals in Australia live here in South Australia! (DEW). This seal is often mistaken for the Australian Fur Seal and was only recently named the Long-nosed Fur Seal, rather than the New Zealand Fur Seal, due to the large populations inhabiting Australian waters (with an estimated population of 100,000). They can be distinguished from the Australian Fur Seal by being slightly smaller, much darker in coloration, and having differences in head shape, whiskers, posture, locomotion, and vocalizations.
In these first photos, you can see the seal extending its front flipper and tail into the air while balancing on its side. This behavior is part of thermoregulation, which helps them maintain their core temperature and is also known as ‘flipper sailing.’ Fur seals are sensitive to heat, so when the temperature is too warm, they thermoregulate by floating in the water and raising their flippers out of the water to control blood flow to their extremities. They can stay in this position for hours!
In the second set of photos, you can see a seal resting on the rocks. After foraging at sea for around 7-10 days, they return to their colony or resting grounds to rest for about 2-3 days straight.

We are beyond excited to announce the arrival of these adorable newborn Indo-Pacific Bottlenose dolphins, spotted during...
12/03/2025

We are beyond excited to announce the arrival of these adorable newborn Indo-Pacific Bottlenose dolphins, spotted during our Wild Dolphin Tour! 🐬🐬🐬

Among them are the calves of our two ID individuals, Luna and Two-Fins, whom we were fortunate enough to see numerous times throughout their pregnancies. The calves in these photos are between 2 weeks and 2 months old and all appear to be thriving. Some still have very prominent fetal folds from being curled up in utero.

We are incredibly grateful to have earned the trust of these mothers, approaching us with their little calves and allowing us to share such a precious moment. It’s something we will never take for granted.

It typically takes around 6 months for a calf to become a proficient and confident swimmer, learning through a combination of practice, observation, and interaction with their mothers. While navigating our surrounding waters, make sure to reduce speeds and stay nice and vigilant for the safety of our resident dolphins and their young calves.

We received such positive feedback on our initial newborn facts post! Let us know if you have any questions or if there’s more you’d like to learn about our new arrivals, the Indo-Pacific Bottlenose calves!

06/03/2025

We have added a last minute Coastal Day cruise at 2:30pm this coming Sunday the 9th. Get those plans out of the group chat and come join us for a lovely afternoon cruise ⛵️🐬🥂Bookings via our website or through our office on 0412 811 838

06/03/2025

Last evening’s spectacular sunset during our Twilight Cruise 🥂🌅

Last Sunday’s afternoon tea cruise, our last of the season! This fully catered cruise includes paninis, desserts, fresh ...
04/03/2025

Last Sunday’s afternoon tea cruise, our last of the season! This fully catered cruise includes paninis, desserts, fresh fruit and a drinks package from our licensed bar! 🍓🥮⛵️

https://dolphinboat.com.au/afternoon-tea-cruise/

26/02/2025

Here is a clip from our front swim during the Wild Dolphin Tour earlier this week 🙌🐬 An incredibly close and surreal encounter with our Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin

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Marina Pier, Holdfast Shores, Temptation Sailing
Adelaide, SA
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Where it all started!

Temptation was designed and built by owner/operator Stephen Waites to do snorkeling trips out to the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. It was being built at the same time as Marina Pier was being developed.

When completed Temptation was put into the new marina as the only operating charter vessel.

Temptation went out on daily cruises which over time gave the local dolphins a bit of fun and safety. In April 2001 a young dolphin with its mother made Marina Pier its safe haven. This dolphin which was named Jade, after Stephen’s daughter, became a large draw card for Temptation and the restaurants in the precinct. In a short time Jade began swimming with Jade and then the ball began to roll.