July 28, 2025

Ocean Cultures: Northwest Coast Ecosystems and Indigenous Management Systems

The article “Ocean Cultures: Northwest Coast Ecosystems and Indigenous Management Systems” written by Darcy L. Mathews and Nancy J. Turner explains how the indigenous people of the […]
July 28, 2025

Meet Dalene

Dalene spent most her life in South Africa, (51 years in total!) before finally returning to her birth place Madeira in 2019. In South Africa, Dalene […]
July 22, 2025

15.07.2025 – The coast, the deep and the high seas

The general consensus for whale-watching in Madeira is to expect everything! We are lucky to experience such a diversity of sightings during our tours, which truly […]
July 15, 2025

08.07.2025 – Birthday ode

The weather changed a little this morning but that didn’t dull our sightings at all. Both our boats managed sightings with Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) […]
July 6, 2025

30.06.2025 – Not all dolphins are the same…

…in fact they are all wonderfully different! We tend to base our picture of dolphins on what we know about the best studied dolphin, the Bottlenose […]
July 3, 2025

26.06.2025 – Familiar

With such an array of species visiting our islands waters, it can often be hard to keep up with any repeated occurrence of specific individuals. This […]
July 2, 2025

25.06.2025 – Predator and prey

The Atlantic Ocean surprised our team with a colourful array of dolphin species, all with a different relationship to the waters of our beautiful archipelago. Among […]
June 25, 2025

Meet Hannah!

Hannah studied in Germany and holds a master’s degree in Conservation Biology. She always dreamed of protecting our oceans and its inhabitants. Her fascination for marine […]
June 12, 2025

05.06.2025 – A day of diversity

There is an elegance about diversity. It’s as if mother nature proudly but subtly shows off her incredible creativity and the complex network that lays the […]