The Dolphins compete in the women's NBL1 North and play their home games at Early Settler Stadium.

The team is affiliated with Cairns Basketball Inc. (CBI), the major administrative basketball organisation in the region.

CBI's men's team is the Cairns Marlins.

[1] They fielded two teams, the Cairns Marlins in the men's competition and the Cairns Dolphins in the women's competition.

After a successful first season for the NBL1 in 2019, in 2020 it expanded into Queensland and replaced the QBL.