October 3, 2023
Finding Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) for our snorkeling activity has not been easy at all for our crew in the past two weeks. The spotted […]
October 2, 2023
Today our eyes wandered over the sea in search of dolphins and whales. A lot of patience was required. In the morning we saw a group […]
October 1, 2023
Marine mammals can be found in different social systems. Some, like the Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) we encountered today, prefer to live in a hierarchy. For […]
September 30, 2023
Today was not an easy day for our team. We had to cancel both our Ribeira Brava tours and our snorkelling tour in the morning due […]
September 29, 2023
Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) belong to Madeira’s most important predators and are symbolic for intelligent life in the ocean on so many levels. Pilot whales […]
September 25, 2023
As we left the harbor a rainbow lit up in the northwest. Sometimes we only saw the right and left ends of the natural spectacle, sometimes […]
September 24, 2023
At the moment the weather isn’t playing out as well as we would like. Finding dolphins between the waves is an effort of concentration. Our spotter […]
September 23, 2023
It’s impossible to predict what to expect out at sea before we set off on our tours and, lately, the unpredictable weather has made finding animals […]
September 22, 2023
Our day started off with a placid ocean and a streak of luck. Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) were moving westward in a dispersed formation, with their […]