{"id":64307,"date":"2025-08-13T05:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/64307\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T05:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:17:11","slug":"outrage-after-jetskiers-chase-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/64307\/","title":{"rendered":"Outrage after jetskiers chase dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pair of jetskiers have caused outrage after being caught chasing a pod of dolphins at a South Australian beach.<\/p>\n

The two men were filmed trailing after the dolphins on Sunday near Brighton beach about 45 minutes southwest of Adelaide.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The two men were spotted on jet skis dangerously close to the dolphins. Picture: 7NEWS Adelaide<\/p>\n

Footage showed one of the men following behind the pod of dolphins while another waits behind.<\/p>\n

A Department for Environment and Water spokesman told NewsWire they were investigating the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Department for Environment and Water is investigating an incident where it appeared that jet skiers travelled through a pod of dolphins near Brighton on August 10,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn South Australia, jet skis must maintain a distance of at least 300m from marine mammals and is a legal requirement for the safety of both the animals and the jet ski operators.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"It<\/p>\n

It is illegal for jet skis to be within 300m of marine mammals, including dolphins. Picture: 7NEWS Adelaide<\/p>\n

All marine mammals, including whales, sea lions and dolphins, are protected in SA waters, and those caught causing harm to the marine life risk facing a $100,000 fine or up to two years imprisonment.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the Adelaide Advertiser, locals said they \u201cdon\u2019t need to have that sort of thing along the coastal areas\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/p>\n

An investigation has been launched into the incident. Picture: 7NEWS Adelaide<\/p>\n

Resident Peter said \u201cpeople that abuse animals should be severely punished\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey should have everything that the law has thrown against them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile it\u2019s understandable to want to see animals up close, he said people needed to take care.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re on a jet ski and you see the things, paddle up to them carefully don\u2019t chase them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pair of jetskiers have caused outrage after being caught chasing a pod of dolphins at a South…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,162,51466,51468,51467,17952,128,338],"class_list":{"0":"post-64307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-dolphins","11":"tag-jet-ski","12":"tag-jet-skiers","13":"tag-jet-skis","14":"tag-marine-mammals","15":"tag-science","16":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}