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 […]
March 15, 2017

06.03.2017 – No wind but waves…

In the past two days with strong East winds we had some bumpy rides, despite not having much wind during the trips the waves that we […]
March 14, 2017

02.03.2017 – In the nick of time…

Last day of the week before the NW wind arrives and we have managed to make at the last minute three trips starting from Calheta. As […]
March 12, 2017

28.02.2017 – Fin Whales at last!

Over one month has passed since we last saw a Fin whale. Today we were lucky! We had a sighting of three Fin whales about 7 nm […]
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 […]