September 26, 2018

17.09.2018 – The goal

On our midday tour, a guest asked us, as the Ribeira Brava drove faster, if we had a destination, a goal we are moving towards? In […]
September 24, 2018

15.09.2018 – A new happiness hormone

Our tour starts with a brief view of Beaked whales. Since the animals were just too far away and did not appear anymore, we can not […]
September 22, 2018

13.09.2018 – One off the bucket list

After our crew and guests on our traditional saw Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the morning and the impressive Cuvier’s beaked […]
September 20, 2018

11.09.2018 – Off the beaten track

This morning we searched far and wide for Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) to snorkel with and found a small school of curious Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops […]
September 9, 2018

31.08.2018 – Dolphin co-occurrences

Today we found an interesting situation out on the ocean: there were Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) closely accompanied by Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus). Occasionally, […]
September 7, 2018

29.08.2018 – Superlative divers

Which cetacean specie can dive down to the greatest depth? – The award for the deepest and longest dive among all whale and dolphin species goes […]
September 6, 2018

28.08.2018 -Mysterious whales

Today we were lucky enough to observe two of the twenty Beaked whales that were around. These whales are considered very shy and thus difficult to […]
September 4, 2018

26.08.2018 – Free to choose

It wasn’t easy to find animals today but one species never fails to charm our guests during our tours. The Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) are […]
September 2, 2018

24.08.2018 – Gentle giants

They travel over intercontinental distances through the oceans, have very deep voices, filter their food out of the water and sometimes hang out around Madeira: rorqual […]