November 19, 2018

01.11.2018 – Whale waste matters

Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) and Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) have been the species we encountered on all three trips today. From […]
November 16, 2018

29.10.2018- Mini Ecosystem

The gusts of wind and the isolated showers of rain trailing along the coastline made it particularly hard for our team to locate animals out at […]
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. […]