April 13, 2025

06.04.2025 – Smells and bells

The English poet, Lord Byron, famously referred to my home country, Malta, as the island of “smells and bells” due to the abundant churches scattered across […]
April 12, 2025

05.04.2025 – Blue in blue

Although the weather was not perfect and the sea conditions pretty rough we decided to go out for one trip and this decision was the best […]
April 11, 2025

04.04.2025 – Working under difficult conditions

Today we had a rough day. Madeira had been hit again by a storm, but today the conditions seemed good enough to go out, so we […]
April 5, 2025

31.03.2025 – Sad celebrity

In the morning, our guests saw a Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus). At this time of year, baleen whales, as well as Fin whales, migrate northwards. With […]
April 2, 2025

28.03.2025 – Piloting the west

Our guests were real troopers this morning, as our speedboat braved the swell from the West to reach a large group of Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala […]
April 1, 2025

27.03.2025 – Good to be back

I was used to seeing dolphins or whales almost every single day, so I never really understood what it would mean not seeing them for such […]
March 31, 2025

26.03.2025 – “I believe I can fly”

Today was the day of aerial acrobats of two different kind. In the morning we had some beautiful Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) which showed us their […]
March 30, 2025

25.03.2025 – A Fleet

This morning, the search for marine mammals went on for a long time until we finally spotted Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). But there is also a […]
March 29, 2025

24.03.2025 – Floating Treasures

Today we had some floating surprises on the surface of the ocean. On our first trip our skipper Daniel spotted a dead fish floating on the […]