Where to See Bottlenose Dolphin in Fiordland National Park

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Bottlenose Dolphin sightings in Fiordland

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Where Bottlenose Dolphin has been reported, from 32 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM1% of the busiest hour1 AM1% of the busiest hour2 AM1% of the busiest hour3 AM2% of the busiest hour4 AM5% of the busiest hour5 AM16% of the busiest hour6 AM47% of the busiest hour7 AM74% of the busiest hour8 AM89% of the busiest hour9 AM95% of the busiest hour10 AM97% of the busiest hour11 AM93% of the busiest hourNoon84% of the busiest hour1 PM82% of the busiest hour2 PM84% of the busiest hour3 PM89% of the busiest hour4 PM95% of the busiest hour5 PMBusiest hour6 PM95% of the busiest hour7 PM84% of the busiest hour8 PM58% of the busiest hour9 PM26% of the busiest hour10 PM11% of the busiest hour11 PM3% of the busiest hour

Bottlenose Dolphin is most seen 8 AM–12 PM and 3–7 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Bottlenose Dolphin sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	1%
1 AM	1%
2 AM	1%
3 AM	2%
4 AM	5%
5 AM	16%
6 AM	47%
7 AM	74%
8 AM	89%
9 AM	95%
10 AM	97%
11 AM	93%
Noon	84%
1 PM	82%
2 PM	84%
3 PM	89%
4 PM	95%
5 PM	100%
6 PM	95%
7 PM	84%
8 PM	58%
9 PM	26%
10 PM	11%
11 PM	3%

Audio tour

Hear about Bottlenose Dolphin on the drive.

Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays stories like this one as you drive Fiordland, triggered by GPS and read through your car’s speakers.

Fiordland Tour Guide

Doubtful Sound’s Cold-Water Dolphins

Listen

“The bottlenose dolphins in Doubtful Sound are one of the southernmost resident populations in the world. It's a small, tight-knit group of only about 60 individuals that lives here year-round.”

Plays as you drive near Deep Cove in Parkwolf’s Fiordland Tour Guide.

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Where to look

Fiordland spots that mention Bottlenose Dolphin

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Places and trails whose Parkwolf guides talk about Bottlenose Dolphin. A good start, never a guarantee.

Places

SightMilford Sound / PiopiotahiIconic fiord of sheer cliffs, thunderous falls, and frequent wildlife

SightMitre PeakNew Zealand’s most iconic fiord peak rising straight out of the sea

SightDoubtful Sound / PateaRemote, hushed fiord with waterfalls and dolphins, reached by tour only

SightDeep CoveRemote fiord terminus with cruises, waterfalls, and dolphin encounters

SightHall ArmRemote fiord arm with silence, waterfalls, and mirror-calm water

SightDale PointWhere Milford Sound squeezes into the Tasman Sea, wild and dramatic

SightBradshaw Sound / KaikiekieRemote fiord of calm coves, misty mornings, and rare wildlife

SightHāwea / Bligh SoundRemote Y-shaped fiord of waterfalls, wildlife, and true solitude

Trails

EasyMilford Foreshore Walk0.4 km · 30 minIconic Mitre Peak views on a quick, flat foreshore loop

Wolf sightings in Yellowstone on Parkwolf’s Find Wildlife map, brightest around Lamar Valley — Wolf sightings in Yellowstone, in the app

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Wildlife

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1,181 sightingsKeaNestor notabilisMost seen 9 AM–1 PM & 2–6 PMSighting map

199 sightingsFiordland PenguinEudyptes pachyrhynchusMost seen 6 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map

228 sightingsBlue DuckHymenolaimus malacorhynchosMost seen 7–9 AM & 4–7 PMSighting map

247 sightingsNew Zealand Fur SealArctocephalus forsteriMost seen 5–8 PMSighting map

58 sightingsKākāNestor meridionalisMost seen 7 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map

495 sightingsWekaGallirallus australisMost seen 8 AM–4 PMSighting map

30 sightingsYellowheadMohoua ochrocephalaMost seen 8–11 AM & 4–6 PMSighting map

166 sightingsRockwrenXenicus gilviventrisMost seen 8 AM–6 PMSighting map

Where to see Bottlenose Dolphin in Fiordland