July 16, 2024

09.07.2024 – Question Everything

One of our main aims as whale-watching guides is to inspire people’s creativity and questions about the ocean. Today, two young guests came prepared with a […]
July 12, 2024

06.07.2024 – Pilot Whale FC

Today, upon viewing Pilot Whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) on the 14:00 and 17:00 Stenella Tours, we discussed twice how old they get. A pilot whale matriarch can […]
July 10, 2024

04.07.2024 – Inquisitiveness

After working for years and years on the ocean, the encounters at sea are obviously not the same as when you see cetaceans for the very […]
July 9, 2024

03.07.2024 – Dolphin Days

Due to the movements of the Canary Current, our position in the open Atlantic Ocean, and fantastic wildlife protection schemes, Madeira is one of the best […]
July 2, 2024

27.06.2024 – Crystal Clear

The roughly 1500 m of depth that one may encounter during a whale-watching trip with lobosonda may make some people’s heads spin. If you take time […]
July 1, 2024

26.06.2024 – Science, they say

Here at Lobosonda, we always try to support science, by taking pictures and data throughout our tours. This is what we already explain to all our […]
June 30, 2024

25.06.2024 – Don’t You Forget About Me

I used to work in Iceland (a fact that my fellow staff members must be getting sick of, considering how much is mentioned). While in Iceland, […]
June 30, 2024

24.06.2024 – Dolphins in reptile costumes

Numerous different dolphin species were seen during our tours today, amongst them our charming Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), the swift Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) and ever […]
June 28, 2024

21.06.2024 – Unsuccessful escape into the air

The adaptations of our oceans inhabitants to their environment are quite marvellous, don’t you think? And don’t get me started to marvel about whales’ and dolphins’ […]