April 4, 2017

27.03.2017 – Why cetaceans don’t get the bends?

The “bends” or decompression sickness in scuba-divers, happens when gas bubbles expand to quickly and block blood flow somewhere in the circulatory system. This expanded gas […]
April 3, 2017

25.03.2017 – The traditional boat

With the Ribeira Brava being the only boat operating at Lobosonda for the moment, we had a nice sighting of Pilot whales and Bottlenose dolphins in […]
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 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 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 […]