November 26, 2025

19.11.2025 – Mama time

Like all mammals, cetaceans give live birth to their young and care for them until the little ones attain their own independence. How this happens, from […]
November 25, 2025

18.11.2025 – Family business

Today the sun was shining and the ocean was calm so perfect weather for another day of trips. This time we god lucky to spot some […]
November 24, 2025

17.11.2025 – Grief of a mother

Today we had a very sad and touching encounter at sea. I had just told our guests that mourning behaviour in Pilot whales and orcas is […]
November 19, 2025

11.11.2025 – Salt crust

Surprise, we have November weather here too! We are facing a storm, but this morning we went out onto the choppy sea. Our traditional fishing boat […]
November 17, 2025

10.11.2025 – Poseidon’s messenger

One of the species we encountered today was the so called Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba). This is a small dolphin which can be encountered around Madeira […]
November 15, 2025

07.11.2025 – Life behind glass

Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), as we observed them today, are considered intelligent and social marine mammals. In the wild, they live in complex social groups and […]
November 14, 2025

06.11.2025 – Sunset

The sun was setting when we were coming back from our last Stenella trip. Today we could admire 3 different species of cetaceans. In the morning […]
November 12, 2025

04.11.2025 – Flight delay?

On our wonderful morning tour we had the big ones, Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) and the small ones, Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis), approaching us curiously. […]
November 10, 2025

03.11.2025 – Nothing in sight

After last week’s cancellations due to strong winds and bad weather, this week is not starting too promising either. The Ribeira Brava tried going out this […]