April 18, 2019

09.04.2019 – Shorties

After encountering a large herd of interactive Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) this morning, our traditional boat set out on a rather windy Atlantic ocean together […]
April 16, 2019

04.04.2019 – Paparazzi

The ocean was surprisingly calm today despite the bad weather forecast so our team embarked on the usual mission to find cetaceans. In the morning our […]
April 15, 2019

03.04.2019 – Ocean’s 11

Most of my blogs revolve around me being grateful for the encounters with the whales and dolphins we meet in the course of the day. Today […]
April 10, 2019

29.03.2019 – Luck and perserverance

The fact that we work with highly active, mobile animals that live in a habitat that is subject to ever-changing conditions makes our job often qute […]
April 8, 2019

27.03.2019 – A swimming statistic

Our traditional boat set out onto a rather choppy ocean this afternoon, which didn’t make finding cetaceans easy for our team. Our search area extended to […]
April 4, 2019

25.03.2019 – Triple pursuit

The marine mammals of Madeira kicked off the week with spectacular hunting events, that were all admired from the deck of our traditional boat, the Ribeira […]
April 3, 2019

23.03.2019 – Nose-dives & Belly-flops

Our sightings today were a concuction of the two pioneer species in human-dolphin interaction; the Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and the Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis). […]
April 2, 2019

22.03.2019 – Putting everything into boxes

During our first hour sailing out onboard the RIBEIRA BRAVA and while contemplating some marine birds and the Madeira coastline behind us, one of our guests […]
March 29, 2019

20.03.2019 – The cherry on the cake

I honestly did not expect the Atlantic ocean to be so generous to us today and the surprises that were in store were beyond magical! On […]