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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.My brother swam with Fungi (the Dingle dolphin) a few years ago. You have to go out in a boat to see it up close - about 8 euros, but you don't have to pay for a no show. I'll get more details off him when he comes back from holidays about the frequency of Fungi's visits; but you'll hardly go to Kerry for just one night. Easyjet fly into Cork or Shannon, so you'll want to hire a car. Ireland is fantastic for family holidays, you'll be back again and again!
I typed - fungi dolphin - into google and got
www.net-rainbow.com/fungi.html
I don't know if the link will work, but if I found it anybody can!
Authorities in Tenerife are tightening up on regulations about swimming with wild dolphins (or the resident Short Finned Pilot Whales). This is also happening at other sites where dolphins are known to be present - the general consensus is that the animals can become stressed, as unfortunately, pods are often chased by groups of boats determined to force them to interact.
There used to be a place in the Red Sea - Nuweiba I think, where a local boy had "tamed" some dolphins, and snorkelling in the bay almost guarenteed an encounter, but I don't know if this is still going on - again, I think the practice was becoming frowned upon.
There are a couple of sites in the Red Sea that have resident pods of dolphins, but I have only visited them on liveaboard dive boats - I think they may be too far off shore for normal day trips.
The problem is, with wild animals, nothing is definate - they don't turn up on command. You can only be certain of an encounter with captive dolphins and unfortunately, these are usually at a premium price.
HTH