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Dolphin Encounters

Q: Where is Dolphin Encounters?

Bahamas. Dolphin Encounters is a zoo or wildlife park in the Bahamas. Its coordinates are 25.099° N, 77.267° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Everglades National Park, about 363 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Dolphin Encounters?

15 species. Citizen-science photos record 15 species at Dolphin Encounters, including Bottlenose Dolphin, California Sea Lion, Nurse Shark, Blacktip Reef Shark and Green Sea Turtle. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Q: Where can you see the animals of Dolphin Encounters in the wild?

Bottlenose Dolphin: Bahía de Loreto National Park. Some of the animals photographed at Dolphin Encounters also live in the parks and cities we cover: Bottlenose Dolphin (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Bahía de Loreto National Park), California Sea Lion (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Channel Islands National Park) and Nurse Shark (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park).

Q: When did Dolphin Encounters open?

Opened 1989. Dolphin Encounters, a zoo or wildlife park in the Bahamas, opened in 1989, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 15 species are photographed there.

🇧🇸 Bahamas

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Bahamas 15 spp. present

Dolphin Encounters is a natural seawater dolphin facility located on Blue Lagoon Island, (Salt Cay), Nassau, Bahamas. The company started as a rescue facility in 1989. The beach scenes in the movie Splash were taped on Blue Lagoon Island and the facility houses Atlantic bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions. Dolphin Encounters is owned and operated by a local family. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

25.099° N 77.267° W

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Essentials

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Tourism

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Species present

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Opened

1989

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What visitors say

🦒 Animals in captivity

Tursiops truncatus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Bahía de Loreto National Park+ 16 more parks

Zalophus californianus

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Channel Islands National Park+ 7 more parks

Ginglymostoma cirratum

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park+ 1 more park

Carcharhinus melanopterus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Komodo National Park+ 2 more parks · Nearby records

Chelonia mydas

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Coiba National Park+ 29 more parks · Nearby records

Rhinoptera bonasus

Daily sighting probability —

Not in our parks or citiesNearby records

Mobula birostris

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Raja Ampat+ 1 more park · Nearby records

Carcharhinus perezii

Daily sighting probability —

Not in our parks or citiesNearby records

Before you go

Where is Dolphin Encounters?

Bahamas

Dolphin Encounters is a zoo or wildlife park in the Bahamas. Its coordinates are 25.099° N, 77.267° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Everglades National Park, about 363 km away.

What animals can you see at Dolphin Encounters?

15 species

Citizen-science photos record 15 species at Dolphin Encounters, including Bottlenose Dolphin, California Sea Lion, Nurse Shark, Blacktip Reef Shark and Green Sea Turtle. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Where can you see the animals of Dolphin Encounters in the wild?

Bottlenose Dolphin: Bahía de Loreto National Park

Some of the animals photographed at Dolphin Encounters also live in the parks and cities we cover: Bottlenose Dolphin (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Bahía de Loreto National Park), California Sea Lion (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Channel Islands National Park) and Nurse Shark (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park).

When did Dolphin Encounters open?

Opened 1989

Dolphin Encounters, a zoo or wildlife park in the Bahamas, opened in 1989, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 15 species are photographed there.