October 3, 2025
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 30, 2025
Today it felt like summer was over. The day was cool, humid and overcast and later it started even to rain. Still we left the marina […]
September 29, 2025
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 27, 2025
Today on our trips we could appreciate the beauty of Madeiras Big 5. I speak about some of the most commonly seen species around the island […]
September 26, 2025
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 23, 2025
On our first trip today we had the luck to encounter some calves and juveniles of Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). As they are not able to […]
September 22, 2025
Today was an eventful day with a lot of cute sightings. It started with Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris). This beak whale is a shy animal […]
September 20, 2025
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
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 […]