June 3, 2025

27.05.2025 – Two are different

This morning, the weather didn’t seem to be able to decide which way it wanted to go. There was a strange atmosphere over the sea. Bottlenose […]
June 2, 2025

26.05.2025 – Cuddles

There is nothing like watching animals go about their business in their natural habitat and watching cetaceans interact with each other is especially riveting. All cetaceans […]
May 31, 2025

24.05.2025 – Delphins and vampires

Whilst we did have a few different dolphin species today with the Atlantic spotted (Stenella frontalis), Striped (Stenella coeruleoalba) and Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis), today […]
May 30, 2025

23.05.2025 – Champions of the deep sea

Today we were greeted with several sightings of the champion of the deep sea, the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). The sperm whale is the largest carnivore […]
May 29, 2025

22.05.2025 – Attention renaming

Wow, we had a great time at sea today on the Ribeira Brava. First cuddly Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and then a wild pod of Atlantic […]
May 28, 2025

21.05.2025 – Tail slapping and Teddy

We had a great day for cetacean encounters today. Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) and Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) were present throughout the day. In the […]
May 27, 2025

20.05.2025 – Ancient beings

Although we go out mainly to see whales and dolphin species, we sometimes have the luck to see also some other marine life. Today we had […]
May 26, 2025

19.05.2025 – A whale marked by the orca

Today we had a variety of encounters with our sea friends. My colleague Horst was able to take a photo of part of the Sperm whale […]
May 24, 2025

17.05.2025 – Do whales and dolphins like bad weather?

I don’t know if it is true, butI get the feeling that whales and dolphins like bad weather, because since I started to work here with […]