April 16, 2021

09.04.2021 – Out into the unknown

No matter how skilled the team may be, whale-watching burns down to sheer luck. There are days when finding animals is harder and there are days […]
April 14, 2021

07.04.2021 – Colourful treats

Todays rain forecast left our team anticipating a rather grey day but things turned out to be quite the opposite. The partially cloudy sky soon opened […]
April 10, 2021

02.04.2021 – Flying meal

Our Stenella didn’t have to drive too far offshore to find cetaceans on todays morning trip. Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) were on the prowl in the […]
April 6, 2021

30.03.2021- The calm after the storm

The severe storm on Saturday brought torrential rain and floods to the island of Madeira and has left the coastal waters of Madeira brown with sediment. […]
March 29, 2021

24.03.2021 – A hunch

After long two weeks of not being at sea I spent my drive to work contemplating on what could await us out on the Atlantic today. […]
March 24, 2021

17.03.2021 – Patterns of tolerance

Behavioural patterns of different species must always be considered when entering an observation area and often define the proximity and time spent with them. On the […]
March 17, 2021

11.03.2021 – Connoisseur

As we set out on our zodiac this morning our spotter called and directed our team to a group of hunting Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) […]
March 2, 2021

25.02.2021 – Striped surprise

Our trip aboard the Stenella this morning took place on a rather windy ocean.. which is never ideal for finding cetaceans at sea. Our zodiac carefully […]
February 26, 2021

18.02.2021 – An exchange

Our morning tour on the Stenella was spent with a dispersed group of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) that were travelling through the waters of Madalena do […]