Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin

Closest Relatives at Garden Route National Park

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	0–10%
2	Noosa National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
3	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	0–10%
4	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
5	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
6	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
7	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
8	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	Insufficient data
9	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin in Garden Route National Park?

About 6% of visitor-days record a Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin sighting in Garden Route National Park, based on 16 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin in Garden Route National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin in Garden Route National Park in our monthly data.