September 3, 2017

26.08.2017 – Stars and Stripes

What a wonderful day. Stars and highlight of this Saturday were the Blainville Beaked whales. Especially during the morning trips, this observation put smiles and amazement […]
September 2, 2017

25.08.2017 – Champagne bubbles

Today we had an amazing evening trip with Ribeira Brava. We had socializing, mating, bow riding and jumping, jumping, jumping Atlantic Spotted dolphins all over. They […]
September 1, 2017

24.08.2017 – Huge – small – mini

We needed patience on our search for marine mammals during our morning trip but finally we met Pilot whales. Unfortunately four boats tried to see these […]
August 31, 2017

23.08.2017- The “Tropical Dilemma”

After an entertaining snorkeling session with very cooperative guests this morning, I embarked on yet another Stenella trip later in the evening in pursuit of the […]
August 30, 2017

22.08.2017 – “Majestic Lady” Ribeira Brava

In the marina of Calheta you can find a colourful “exotic flower” between the white polyester boats. Built in 1964 in Machico for tuna- and scabbard […]
August 29, 2017

21.08.2017 – Patience is a virtue

Patience is duly rewarded; this was shown during the morning tours on both vessels today. Spotters, guides and skippers were dutifully scanning the oceans surface for […]
August 28, 2017

20.08.2017 – On my side

Today we needed quite some patience, due the Atlantic Spotted dolphins were on their own mission, swimming steady away from the coastline. But we had a […]
August 27, 2017

19.08.2017 – Little european sister of Hawaii

Madeira is sometimes called the european Hawaii. Similar to the archipelago in the Pacific ocean, also the Portuguese islands arised from the ocean floor as a […]
August 26, 2017

18.08.2017 – Azores anticylone over Madeira

No clouds and the fog was not obscured in today’s vision. The blue sky above Madeira got reflected in a flat ocean surface. The sight into the […]