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. […]
November 5, 2018

18.10.2018 – The Clan Coda – Code

In recent days, we have written in our blogs often about sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) and for a good reason, because these large toothed whales are […]
November 4, 2018

17.10.2018 – The appetite of the Sperm whales

Today we went out two times with “Stenella” and managed to see plenty of cetaceans around our zodiac in the morning as well as in the […]
November 3, 2018

16.10.2018 – Friends of the ocean

Both our boats ventured out onto the deep-blue Atlantic today. The Stenella had a tour in the morning and headed to the far east of the […]
November 1, 2018

15.10.2018 – Seven world champions

With a high but gentle swell we went today to a world of champion sighting! Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) wallowed in the waves after their dive. First […]
October 28, 2018

12.10.2018 – Beauties of the ocean

The Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) is potentially the most beautiful creature we can find in the waters surrounding Madeira. This specie is also known as Blue-white […]
October 25, 2018

10.10.2018 – Autumn is coming

The days are getting shorter, night temperatures go down and heavy rainfalls increase. We observe these clear signs on land but also see the changes on […]
October 23, 2018

09.10.2018 – Two very special Pilot whales

After a stormy, rainy Monday we were curious about what we would expect out at sea. A wild sea, in which water masses are moved, of […]