November 15, 2018

27.10.2018 – A baby was born

The big star of our trip on Stenella today has been a tiny Short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus). According to its size the little animal must […]
November 14, 2018

26.10.2018 – Far & Wide

There are days when we literally have animals infront of the marina and then there are days where we have to head out and cover a […]
November 13, 2018

25.10.2018 – Tails – Tails – Tails

Extraordinary, special, great, fantastic, amazing, unique, breathtaking … so were our encounters with sperm whales today.. The most beautiful situations with tails, alone or in pairs, […]
November 12, 2018

24.10.2018 – Where is Mummy?

Today has been a great day of Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) sightings. We encountered those giants of the depth during all three trips. Very interesting have […]
November 9, 2018

23.10.2018 – Chasing rainbows

We set out west of Calheta this morning, with a group of very excited guests aboard our Stenella while admiring a double-rainbow curving elegantly over the […]
November 8, 2018

22.10.2018 – Dolphin school for kids

Today we had a beautiful sighting with two Blainville Beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris). This mother and her calf were quite sociable, to our delight. The whale girl became […]
November 7, 2018

20.10.2018 – From Bottlenose to Bottlenose

What a journey! I had a small group of guests on board our traditional boat this morning, that were obviously set on observing cetaceans in the […]
November 6, 2018

19.10.2018 – The Pilot whales of Madeira

During our cruises today, we were able to observe Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus). Those two species are both large delphinids. […]
November 5, 2018

18.10.2018 – The Clan Coda – Code

In recent days, we have written in our blogs often about sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) and for a good reason, because these large toothed whales are […]