Coffs Coast Wildlife Sanctuary · Dolphins (Current Holder)

The information in the table below represents the living or current population of dolphins & porpoises held at this facility (excluding killer whales). If you’re having trouble finding a specific animal, check the tabs above, they may have transferred or died. Italics indicate a deceased individual.

NOTE: If you have a correction or would like to submit information please contribute@cetabase.org or use our contact form!

Last Updated: December 4, 2024 3:55 pm

Image	Species	Scientific	ID #'s	Name	Sex	Born	Origin	Origin Date	Origin-Sort	Captured / Born at:	Mother	Father	Transfers	Current / Last Facility:	Status	Status Date	Stat Sort-Ref	Cause of Death	Notes	Keyword column (invisible)
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	Zippy	M	a. 1988 (-) - years old	Born	1988-Jun-26	19880626	Dolphin Marine Magic	Buttons	Bucky	-	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	-	-	-	-	-	public display, dolphin-marine, living, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	Bella	F	a. 2005 (-) - years old	Born	2005-Jul-11	20050711	Dolphin Marine Magic	Calamity	Bucky	-	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	-	-	-	-	-	public display, dolphin-marine, living, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	Jet	M	a. 2009 (-) - years old	Born	2009-Dec-03	20091203	Dolphin Marine Magic	Calamity	Bucky	-	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	-	-	-	-	-	public display, dolphin-marine, living, dolphin

The information in the table below represents the deceased population of dolphins & porpoises held at this facility (excluding killer whales). If you’re having trouble finding a specific animal, check the tabs above, they may have been transferred or lost to follow up. Italics indicate a deceased individual.

Note: If you have a correction or would like to submit information please contribute@cetabase.org or use our contact form!

Last Updated: December 4, 2024 3:55 pm

Image	Species	Scientific	ID #'s	Name	Sex	Born	Origin	Origin Date	Origin-Sort	Captured / Born at:	Mother	Father	Transfers	Current / Last Facility:	Status	Status Date	Stat Sort-Ref	Cause of Death	Notes	Keyword column (invisible)
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus aduncus	-	Bucky	M	1970-Jan-01 (E) - years old	Resc	1971-Nov-xx	19711102	Nambucca River	Sandy	Wild	Nambucca to Coff’s Pet Porpoise Pool/Dolphin Marine Magic (??-Nov-1971)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	2019-Jul-24	20190724	-	-	public display, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	Droopy	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) - years old	Capt	xxxx-xxx-xx	19690101	Australia	Wild	Wild	Australia to Pet Porpoise Pool/Dolphin Marine Magic (??-???-????)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	-	public display, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	Swoopy	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) - years old	Capt	xxxx-xxx-xx	19690102	Australia	Wild	Wild	Australia to Marineland Australia (??-???-????) to Dolphin Marine Magic (??-???-1970)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	-	public display, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	Mumma	F	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) - years old	Capt	xxxx-xxx-xx	19690103	Australia	Wild	Wild	Australia to Pet Porpoise Pool/Dolphin Marine Magic (??-???-????)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	-	public display, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	Sandy	F	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) - years old	Resc	1971-Nov-xx	19711101	Nambucca River	Wild	Wild	Nambucca to Coff’s Pet Porpoise Pool/Dolphin Marine Magic (??-Nov-1971)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	xxxx-xxx-xx	19000100	0	Died sometime after 1989	public display, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	???	F	c. 1947 (-) - years old	Resc	1974-xxx-xx	19740101	Australia	Wild	Wild	Australia to Pet Porpoise Pool (??-???-1974)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	Possibly named "Bubbles"?, died sometime after 1985	rescue, rehab, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	???	M	c. 1958 (-) - years old	Resc	1974-xxx-xx	19740101	Australia	Wild	Wild	Australia to Pet Porpoise Pool (??-???-1974)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	-	rescue, rehab, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	???	F	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) - years old	Resc	1975-xxx-xx	19750101	Australia	Wild	Wild	Australia to Pet Porpoise Pool (??-???-1975)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	Entangled in netting, died sometime in 1975 (estimated)	rescue, rehab, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	???	F	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) - years old	Resc	1978-xxx-xx	19780101	Australia	Wild	Wild	Australia to Pet Porpoise Pool (??-???-1978)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	Died sometime in 1980	rescue, rehab, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	?'s Calf	F	c. 1979 (-) - years old	Born	1979-xxx-xx	19790101	Dolphin Marine Magic	???	???	-	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	-	public display, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	Buttons	F	c. 1984? (-) - years old	Resc	1984-Feb-12	19840212	Hat Head Creek	Wild	Wild	Hat Head Creek to Pet Porpoise Pool (??-???-1984)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	Found swimming around dead mother who had aspirated on an eel, Buttons died sometime after 1989.	public display, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	?'s Calf	U	a. 1985 (-) - years old	Born	1985-xxx-xx	19850101	Dolphin Marine Magic	???	???	-	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	-	public display, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Sperm, Dwarf	- -	-	-	F	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) - years old	Resc	1991-Aug-20	19910820	Sandy Beach	Wild	Wild	Sandy Beach to Dolphin Marine Magic (20-Aug-1991)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	1991-Aug-25	19910825	-	-	rescue, rehab, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus aduncus	-	Calamity	F	c. 1981 (-) - years old	Resc	1994-Jan-16	19940116	Tweed River	Wild	Wild	Tweed River to Pet Porpoise Pool (16-Jan-1994)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	2020-Jun-02	20200620	Shock, cancer had metastasized to her lung and lymph nodes.	Rescued in 1992 due to entanglement, released immediately and re-rescued in January 1994 (18 months later), was a brief surrogate to calf rescued on January 23, 1994	public display, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	-	F	c. Jan 1994 (-) - years old	Resc	1994-Jan-23	19940123	Minnie Water	Wild	Wild	Minnie Water to Pet Porpoise Pool (23-Jan-1994)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	2004-Jan-29	20040129	Pneumonia, stranded calf	Stranded as a neonate, placed with adult female (Calamity) who was rescued on 16-Jan-1994, but did not survive.	rescue, rehab, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	Calamity's Calf (2004)	F	a. 2004 (-) - years old	Born	2004-Apr-08	20040408	Dolphin Marine Magic	Calamity	???	-	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	xxxx-xxx-xx	-	-	Probably died in 2004	public display, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	Ji-ling	M	a. 2013 (-) - years old	Born	2013-Oct-24	20131024	Dolphin Marine Magic	Calamity	Bucky	-	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	2015-Oct-06	20151006	Complications from severe anaemia caused by large gastric ulcer	Died during medical procedure to remove leaves and foreign object (metal shard/fragment).	public display, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin

The information in the table below represents the historical population of dolphins & porpoises held at this facility (excluding killer whales). If you’re having trouble finding a specific animal, check the tabs above, they may have been transferred or lost to follow up. Italics indicate a deceased individual. This list includes both public display animals and rescue rehab cases. To exclude them, type either “public display” or “rehab” in the Filter box.

Note: If you have a correction or would like to submit information please contribute@cetabase.org or use our contact form!

Last Updated: December 4, 2024 3:55 pm

Image	Species	Scientific	ID #'s	Name	Sex	Born	Origin	Origin Date	Origin-Sort	Captured / Born at:	Mother	Father	Transfers	Current / Last Facility:	Status	Status Date	Stat Sort-Ref	Cause of Death	Notes	Keyword column (invisible)
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus aduncus	-	Bucky	M	1970-Jan-01 (E) - years old	Resc	1971-Nov-xx	19711102	Nambucca River	Sandy	Wild	Nambucca to Coff’s Pet Porpoise Pool/Dolphin Marine Magic (??-Nov-1971)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	2019-Jul-24	20190724	-	-	public display, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	Droopy	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) - years old	Capt	xxxx-xxx-xx	19690101	Australia	Wild	Wild	Australia to Pet Porpoise Pool/Dolphin Marine Magic (??-???-????)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	-	public display, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	Swoopy	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) - years old	Capt	xxxx-xxx-xx	19690102	Australia	Wild	Wild	Australia to Marineland Australia (??-???-????) to Dolphin Marine Magic (??-???-1970)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	-	public display, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	Mumma	F	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) - years old	Capt	xxxx-xxx-xx	19690103	Australia	Wild	Wild	Australia to Pet Porpoise Pool/Dolphin Marine Magic (??-???-????)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	-	public display, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	Sandy	F	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) - years old	Resc	1971-Nov-xx	19711101	Nambucca River	Wild	Wild	Nambucca to Coff’s Pet Porpoise Pool/Dolphin Marine Magic (??-Nov-1971)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	xxxx-xxx-xx	19000100	0	Died sometime after 1989	public display, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	???	F	c. 1947 (-) - years old	Resc	1974-xxx-xx	19740101	Australia	Wild	Wild	Australia to Pet Porpoise Pool (??-???-1974)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	Possibly named "Bubbles"?, died sometime after 1985	rescue, rehab, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	???	M	c. 1958 (-) - years old	Resc	1974-xxx-xx	19740101	Australia	Wild	Wild	Australia to Pet Porpoise Pool (??-???-1974)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	-	rescue, rehab, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	???	F	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) - years old	Resc	1975-xxx-xx	19750101	Australia	Wild	Wild	Australia to Pet Porpoise Pool (??-???-1975)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	Entangled in netting, died sometime in 1975 (estimated)	rescue, rehab, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	???	F	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) - years old	Resc	1978-xxx-xx	19780101	Australia	Wild	Wild	Australia to Pet Porpoise Pool (??-???-1978)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	Died sometime in 1980	rescue, rehab, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	?'s Calf	F	c. 1979 (-) - years old	Born	1979-xxx-xx	19790101	Dolphin Marine Magic	???	???	-	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	-	public display, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	Buttons	F	c. 1984? (-) - years old	Resc	1984-Feb-12	19840212	Hat Head Creek	Wild	Wild	Hat Head Creek to Pet Porpoise Pool (??-???-1984)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	Found swimming around dead mother who had aspirated on an eel, Buttons died sometime after 1989.	public display, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	?'s Calf	U	a. 1985 (-) - years old	Born	1985-xxx-xx	19850101	Dolphin Marine Magic	???	???	-	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	-	public display, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	Zippy	M	a. 1988 (-) - years old	Born	1988-Jun-26	19880626	Dolphin Marine Magic	Buttons	Bucky	-	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	-	-	-	-	-	public display, dolphin-marine, living, dolphin
	Sperm, Dwarf	- -	-	-	F	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) - years old	Resc	1991-Aug-20	19910820	Sandy Beach	Wild	Wild	Sandy Beach to Dolphin Marine Magic (20-Aug-1991)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	1991-Aug-25	19910825	-	-	rescue, rehab, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus aduncus	-	Calamity	F	c. 1981 (-) - years old	Resc	1994-Jan-16	19940116	Tweed River	Wild	Wild	Tweed River to Pet Porpoise Pool (16-Jan-1994)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	2020-Jun-02	20200620	Shock, cancer had metastasized to her lung and lymph nodes.	Rescued in 1992 due to entanglement, released immediately and re-rescued in January 1994 (18 months later), was a brief surrogate to calf rescued on January 23, 1994	public display, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	-	F	c. Jan 1994 (-) - years old	Resc	1994-Jan-23	19940123	Minnie Water	Wild	Wild	Minnie Water to Pet Porpoise Pool (23-Jan-1994)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	2004-Jan-29	20040129	Pneumonia, stranded calf	Stranded as a neonate, placed with adult female (Calamity) who was rescued on 16-Jan-1994, but did not survive.	rescue, rehab, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Melon-headed	- -	-	-	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) - years old	Resc	1994-Feb-10	19940210	Sandon River	Wild	Wild	Sandon River to Dolphin Marine Magic (10-Feb-1994)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Released	1994-Feb-13	19940213	-	-	rescue, rehab, dolphin-marine, released, dolphin
	Melon-headed	- -	-	-	M	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) - years old	Resc	1995-Feb-05	19950205	South West Rocks	Wild	Wild	South West Rocks to Dolphin Marine Magic (05-Feb-1995)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Released	1900-Jan-00	19000100	0	0	rescue, rehab, dolphin-marine, released, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	Calamity's Calf (2004)	F	a. 2004 (-) - years old	Born	2004-Apr-08	20040408	Dolphin Marine Magic	Calamity	???	-	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	xxxx-xxx-xx	-	-	Probably died in 2004	public display, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	Bella	F	a. 2005 (-) - years old	Born	2005-Jul-11	20050711	Dolphin Marine Magic	Calamity	Bucky	-	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	-	-	-	-	-	public display, dolphin-marine, living, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	Jet	M	a. 2009 (-) - years old	Born	2009-Dec-03	20091203	Dolphin Marine Magic	Calamity	Bucky	-	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	-	-	-	-	-	public display, dolphin-marine, living, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	Ji-ling	M	a. 2013 (-) - years old	Born	2013-Oct-24	20131024	Dolphin Marine Magic	Calamity	Bucky	-	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	2015-Oct-06	20151006	Complications from severe anaemia caused by large gastric ulcer	Died during medical procedure to remove leaves and foreign object (metal shard/fragment).	public display, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin

The information in the table below represents the rescue/rehab population of dolphins & porpoises held at this facility.  These animals are held off exhibit in quarantine or hospital pools.  The rescue/rehab inventory will include all historical rescues in addition to current patients (if any). If you’re having trouble finding a specific dolphin, check the tabs above, they may have moved or died.  Italics indicate a deceased individual.  

Last Updated: December 4, 2024 3:55 pm

Image	Species	Scientific	ID #'s	Name	Sex	Born	Origin	Origin Date	Origin-Sort	Captured / Born at:	Mother	Father	Transfers	Current / Last Facility:	Status	Status Date	Stat Sort-Ref	Cause of Death	Notes	Keyword column (invisible)
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	???	F	c. 1947 (-) - years old	Resc	1974-xxx-xx	19740101	Australia	Wild	Wild	Australia to Pet Porpoise Pool (??-???-1974)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	Possibly named "Bubbles"?, died sometime after 1985	rescue, rehab, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	???	M	c. 1958 (-) - years old	Resc	1974-xxx-xx	19740101	Australia	Wild	Wild	Australia to Pet Porpoise Pool (??-???-1974)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	-	rescue, rehab, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	???	F	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) - years old	Resc	1975-xxx-xx	19750101	Australia	Wild	Wild	Australia to Pet Porpoise Pool (??-???-1975)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	Entangled in netting, died sometime in 1975 (estimated)	rescue, rehab, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	???	F	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) - years old	Resc	1978-xxx-xx	19780101	Australia	Wild	Wild	Australia to Pet Porpoise Pool (??-???-1978)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	-	-	-	Died sometime in 1980	rescue, rehab, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Sperm, Dwarf	- -	-	-	F	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) - years old	Resc	1991-Aug-20	19910820	Sandy Beach	Wild	Wild	Sandy Beach to Dolphin Marine Magic (20-Aug-1991)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	1991-Aug-25	19910825	-	-	rescue, rehab, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus aduncus	-	Calamity	F	c. 1981 (-) - years old	Resc	1994-Jan-16	19940116	Tweed River	Wild	Wild	Tweed River to Pet Porpoise Pool (16-Jan-1994)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	2020-Jun-02	20200620	Shock, cancer had metastasized to her lung and lymph nodes.	Rescued in 1992 due to entanglement, released immediately and re-rescued in January 1994 (18 months later), was a brief surrogate to calf rescued on January 23, 1994	public display, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops -	-	-	F	c. Jan 1994 (-) - years old	Resc	1994-Jan-23	19940123	Minnie Water	Wild	Wild	Minnie Water to Pet Porpoise Pool (23-Jan-1994)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Died	2004-Jan-29	20040129	Pneumonia, stranded calf	Stranded as a neonate, placed with adult female (Calamity) who was rescued on 16-Jan-1994, but did not survive.	rescue, rehab, dolphin-marine, died, dolphin
	Melon-headed	- -	-	-	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) - years old	Resc	1994-Feb-10	19940210	Sandon River	Wild	Wild	Sandon River to Dolphin Marine Magic (10-Feb-1994)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Released	1994-Feb-13	19940213	-	-	rescue, rehab, dolphin-marine, released, dolphin
	Melon-headed	- -	-	-	M	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) - years old	Resc	1995-Feb-05	19950205	South West Rocks	Wild	Wild	South West Rocks to Dolphin Marine Magic (05-Feb-1995)	Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary	Released	1900-Jan-00	19000100	0	0	rescue, rehab, dolphin-marine, released, dolphin

The information in the table below represents animals that have transferred out of this facility with the date of transfer and the location where they moved to.  This entry only represents the most recent transfer date of of this particular location.  If a dolphin has transferred back and forth multiple times, only the latest transfer is listed, however, the complete transfer history can be viewed by expanding the row.

Image	Species	Scientific	ID #'s	Name	Sex	Born	Origin	Origin Date	Origin-Sort	Captured / Born at:	Mother	Father	Transfer From:	Transfer To:	Transfer Date:	Transfers (All)	Current / Last Facility:	Status	Status Date	Stat Sort-Ref	Cause of Death	Notes	Keyword column (invisible)