Where Does Bottlenose Dolphin Live?

Bottlenose Dolphin lives in specific habitats. Knowing where to look helps you find and identify it.

Where to find Bottlenose Dolphin

Water type

saltwater

Depth

Typically found in coastal and offshore waters, from shallow estuaries and bays (a few meters deep) to continental shelf waters (up to several hundred meters deep). Offshore populations can dive to depths exceeding 500 meters.

Environment

Coastal waters, estuaries, bays, lagoons, continental shelf, and open ocean. They prefer temperate and tropical waters globally.

Geographic range

Cosmopolitan distribution in temperate and tropical waters worldwide. Tursiops truncatus is found in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, while Tursiops aduncus is primarily found in the Indo-Pacific region.

Explore Bottlenose Dolphin