February 7, 2025

01.02.2025 – Long and short

Those who visit us off Madeira’s coast in winter are our so-called winter dolphins. Their species name is Short-beaked common dolphins, scientifically (Delphinus delphis). There are […]
February 5, 2025

31.01.2025 – High-sea variety

Today we saw a group of quite strong Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). We assumed that they were possibly the high-sea variety, which only rarely visit us […]
February 4, 2025

30.01.2025 – 3 nm off Calheta

As soon as we left the harbour, our spotter told us that he had seen a jump 3 nm off Calheta. He guided us into the […]
February 3, 2025

29.01.2025 – A brief moment

Today we went out in rough seas. For a very brief moment we had a Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) close to the boat. Unfortunately, not all […]
February 2, 2025

28.01.2025 – Three

The swell was still very high today. Our fishing boat moved up and down through the sea. Our spotter led us first to Short-finned pilot whales […]
January 29, 2025

24.01.2025 – Find and be found

This morning we were found by two Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). We were briefly checked out by them and they disappeared. The Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus […]
January 23, 2025

18.01.2025 – The calm before the storm

The sea was wonderfully smooth today, like a silk scarf wrapped in grey by the clouds, it lay there peacefully. With such marine peacefulness, who would […]
January 22, 2025

17.01.2025 – Close to mum’s side

Adapted to the cold wind, we encountered our winter dolphins today. Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) prefer colder waters. For us, winter means the chance to […]
January 21, 2025

16.01.2025 – Coastal

On our tour today, the guests saw a large school of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). We have our inshore population here. Sometimes we only see 1-2 […]