October 3, 2025

24.09.2025 – A turtle-y surprise

The highlight of today’s Ribeira Brava trips was a curious Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) that surprised out guests towards the end of the second trip. […]
September 29, 2025

20.09.2025 – Paying the ocean tax

Today our boats encountered Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) and Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). The last trip went without cetacean sightings again. Whilst we did not […]
September 26, 2025

17.09.2025 – Dry spell

Today was another difficult one. Over the last couple of days we had Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Blainville’s beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) here and there […]
September 20, 2025

11.09.2025 – False orcas are back!!!

The day started with our usual suspects this time of the year, Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis). The afternoon, however, had […]
September 19, 2025

10.09.2025 – Spy hops and species variation

The day started with quite interactive Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus). We saw the Short-finned pilot whales spy hopping quite a […]
September 15, 2025

06.09.2025 – Windy days and rare sights

In the morning, both of our boats encountered a big and interactive group of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Our guests on Stenella were even treated to […]
September 12, 2025

03.09.2025 – Dolphin day

Today was another tricky one. In the morning we had Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) travelling west. Our speedboat just managed to observe them as they reached […]
September 7, 2025

30.08.2025 – Adventures in the west

Today we went west. Even tough, the Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) were present for all trips, we had very different experiences throughout the day. The first […]
September 4, 2025

27.08.2025 – Dolphins all day long

Today we saw a lot of dolphins. Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) were around all day. We love seeing these summer visitors so much. Around the […]