• There is a small pod of dolphins in Eilat, Israel, living in a meshed-in area close to the shore. You can pay £40 and a scuba instructor will take you underwater with them.
Sarah Topalian

• Roatan - off the coast of Honduras (see www.bayislandsonline.com).
Richard Jones

• Kaikoura on the east coast of the south island of New Zealand (also said to be the world's best place for whale watching).
Julian Christopher

• The best place I've found is Kaikoura.
Emily Bennett

• As well as Kaikoura, there are commercial swim-with-dolphin ventures at Dingle in Ireland; Eilat in Israel; Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand; and Port Philip Bay and Monkey Mia, Australia.
Jean Sinclair

• Although many people dream of swimming with wild dolphins, this has become, in all too many instances, a green light for commercial operators to make a lot of money from eager tourists, with scant regard for the stress and disturbance this often causes to the dolphins. The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society has a policy on swimming with dolphins. Please see our website (www.wdcs.org) for more information.
Vanessa Williams

• Try the Moray Firth in Scotland.
James Coyle

• On Isla Mujeres, a little island opposite Cancun, Mexico, is a commercial "Swim With Dolphins" outfit - daytrip ferries from Cancun. The island reverts back to a quiet backwater when the daytrippers leave at the end of the day, so you can get on the Happy Hour trail.

Hans Engels