April 1, 2017

21.03.2017 – Spring season

Entering the spring season, one of my favorite periods for whale watching, we saw in the morning Bottlenose dolphins and in the afternoon Striped dolphins and […]
March 30, 2017

19.03.2017 – Its better in the SW side

Sunday afternoon, still with a relatively calm searching area in front of Calheta and with very little boats outside, we had a group of Bottlenose dolphins […]
March 28, 2017

17.03.2017 – Hot tea!

Going out with the Ribeira Brava in the morning and in the afternoon, on both trips, we had the same group of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). […]
March 27, 2017

16.03.2017- Taking chances

Today during our morning trip we decided, with our guests, to take a chance and go out not minding the greyish weather. We delayed the tour […]
March 23, 2017

15.03.2017 – Evasive Fin Whales

In the last trips, it has happened already a few times, that from land the spotter suspects of Fin-whale (Balaenoptera physalus) sightings but unfortunately it has been difficult […]
March 22, 2017

14.03.2017 – Looks can be deceiving

The day started with a trip on the Ribeira Brava, were we were alluded by a large concentration of Cory`s Shearwaters (Calonectris borealis) only 1 nm […]
March 21, 2017

13.03.2017 – Bottlenose dolphins and Fin whales

Today only a few words and a few pictures….   Todays Sightings: Ribeira Brava 10.00: Bottlenose dolphins Stenella 15.00: Fin whales PS. Some pictures from the […]
March 20, 2017

11.03.2017 – What does whale watching mean?

Today I want to write about a subject that is very important for us at Lobosonda. First of all I want to point out that we have […]
March 18, 2017

10.03.2017 – Invasion of floating terror

This is a marine hydrozoan, our first sighting of the day was a very frequent one at this time of the year. A large number of Physalia […]