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 […]
March 2, 2017

22.02.2017 – Why photo ID?

When the weather allows and the cetaceans come close to our boats, we take photos which we will then post in to our blog to keep it […]
February 28, 2017

21.02.2017 – It’s not ok

It has been about one week since we have had some heavy rain on Madeira Island. With no trips during those days, we could appreciate rainwater […]
February 26, 2017

20.02.2017 – Engarrão

In Portuguese it’s the name for the offshore wind, a gusty wind that may occur suddenly and quiet unexpectedly. With no hint in the forecast, it caught […]
February 24, 2017

18.02.2017 – Nora and Molly

Today it wasn’t the solitaire Bottlenose dolphin from yesterday, today we saw two of them, which is quiet unusual for these social animals.  We named them after the […]
February 22, 2017

17.02.2017 – A full day

Best summer weather so far this year – the hole day with no clouds on the sky!! And it was a long day today, for crew […]
February 20, 2017

16.02.2017 – First Shearwaters

Shearwaters are elegant aviators, sometimes gliding only a few centimeters above the water. Flying like this they can capture the fine smell from everything hidden underneath […]
February 19, 2017

13.02.2017 – no sighting

To antecipate, no, we didn’t see any Orcas today. The blogtext was chosen because on both trips there were questions about Orcas. They belong to the […]
February 18, 2017

08.02.2017 – Bull riding

The day started with some light wind from the East, unfortunately we only had our trip scheduled for the afternoon. In just a few hours the […]