March 13, 2017

01.03.2017 – Hunting in murky waters

Only one trip with the RIBEIRA BRAVA today and still some swell from the west hitting the coast, but no wind. It didn’t take long until we […]
March 10, 2017

27.02.2017 – 8 nm in front of Campanário

The morning started with a STENELLA trip and we saw Pilot whales. In the afternoon with the RIBEIRA BRAVA we observed Bottlenose dolphins being chased of […]
March 8, 2017

25.02.2017 – Life happening!

On today’s trip we had the sighting of the three smaller species of dolphins, we even saw two Loggerhead sea-turtles since the weather was ideal. When we […]
March 6, 2017

24.02.2017 – Do we ever hoist sail?

On board the Ribeira Brava guests often ask if we still use the sail, this is always something that intrigues our guests. Right after the question was […]
March 4, 2017

23.02.2017 – Curar o olhado

With the Ribeira Brava back from dry dock and ready for season 2017, the first sighting was a group of Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis). During […]
December 27, 2016

20.12.2016 – A group of around 20 Pilot whales

A group of around 20 Pilot whales (G. macrorhynchus) stayed for some minutes right beside the “Ribeira Brava”, that was our sighting this morning, after navigating […]
December 19, 2016

15.12.2016 – Where are they?

Nice guests, best company, but where were the marine mammals? We would have loved to show our guests the animals, but today this was not possible. […]
December 9, 2016

06.12.2016 – Another kind of St. Nicholas hat

Days with rain, days without trips but today we finally could go out again. The ocean was calm, the sight was good, but unfortunately we had […]
August 5, 2016

31.07.2016 – Marine wildlife care

Last week, during one of our Stenella trips, we located a sea turtle that was very inactive and still at the surface. We always keep a […]