April 1, 2017

21.03.2017 – Spring season

Entering the spring season, one of my favorite periods for whale watching, we saw in the morning Bottlenose dolphins and in the afternoon Striped dolphins and […]
March 31, 2017

20.03.2017 – The old man and the sea

No spectacular sightings today but never the less a nice trip with our old skipper Senhor Luis. Nobody is able to hold on the candle to […]
March 30, 2017

19.03.2017 – Its better in the SW side

Sunday afternoon, still with a relatively calm searching area in front of Calheta and with very little boats outside, we had a group of Bottlenose dolphins […]
March 29, 2017

18.03.2017 – Standby weather

A cloudy day with some rain was presented to us today and we had a Ribeira Brava tour scheduled for the morning. While skipper and spotter discussed […]
March 28, 2017

17.03.2017 – Hot tea!

Going out with the Ribeira Brava in the morning and in the afternoon, on both trips, we had the same group of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). […]
March 27, 2017

16.03.2017- Taking chances

Today during our morning trip we decided, with our guests, to take a chance and go out not minding the greyish weather. We delayed the tour […]
March 25, 2017

Follow the stingray

Dolphins have many ways of finding the best meal they can. One smart method is by observing stingrays. They might just lead them to a meal! […]
March 23, 2017

15.03.2017 – Evasive Fin Whales

In the last trips, it has happened already a few times, that from land the spotter suspects of Fin-whale (Balaenoptera physalus) sightings but unfortunately it has been difficult […]
March 22, 2017

14.03.2017 – Looks can be deceiving

The day started with a trip on the Ribeira Brava, were we were alluded by a large concentration of Cory`s Shearwaters (Calonectris borealis) only 1 nm […]