25.04.2025 – Spotted is the word of the day
May 1, 2025
28.04.2025 – Chilly weather, warm hearts
May 4, 2025
A loooong day, a short blog! Over the course of the day, our guests were able to observe a wide variety of marine mammals. We had Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus), Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba), Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis), Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis), Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), Loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) and many Portuguese man o’ wars (Physalia physalis). A great diversity of species for which we can be grateful.
A small note, please be careful when swimming in the Atlantic at the moment, as the Portuguese man o’ wars are very close to the coast in masses.
By Fatima Kutzschbach
Sightings of the day
Ribeira Brava
09:30 Bottlenose dolphins, Striped dolphins. Loggerhead turtle, Portuguese man-o-war
13:30 Pilot whales, Bottlenose dophins
Stenella
09:30 Bottlenose dolphins, Striped dolphins, Sperm whales
13:30 Pilot whales, Bottlenose dolphins, Common dolphins, Atlantic spotted dolphins Loggerhead turtle
16:00 Pilot whales, Bottlenose dolphins, Common dolphins, Atlantic spotted dolphins
