October 11, 2020

03.10.2020 – Star hour

How wonderful. That doesn’t happen every day, but today we were really spoiled. The encounter with the oceanic kindergarten of the Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) […]
October 10, 2020

02.10.2020 – Upwind

Our Stenella sped out onto a relatively calm Atlantic to find some Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) for our snorkelling tour this morning. We often meet […]
October 9, 2020

01.10.2020 – A drop in the ocean

When talking about cetaceans I always have to think of a specific quote from Isaac Newton; What we know is a drop, what we don’t know […]
October 5, 2020

27.09.2020 – Keeping up with mama

Toothed whales (Odontoceti) are a diverse family of toothed predators that also happen to be extremely communicative and social. Pods of oceanic dolphins, like the Atlantic […]
October 2, 2020

26.09.2020 – Across the oceans and the seas

We set out onto a placid Atlantic Ocean with some very excited snorkelers this morning and eventually had the pleasure of sliding into the water with […]
September 30, 2020

24.09.2020 – Long John Silver

One of the reasons why we can enjoy beautiful sightings with cetaceans around Madeira is because the deep waters surrounding the island house a variety of […]
September 28, 2020

20.09.2020 – Acoustic fingerprint

The expanse of the southwestern waters seemed like a desert today and, although we kept a sharp eye on the activity of passing Bulwer’s Petrels (Bulweria […]
September 24, 2020

16.09.2020 – Western winds

Our team was anticipating strong western winds during the afternoon so we decided to make the most of our morning at sea onboard our Ribeira Brava […]
September 23, 2020

15.09.2020 – Food for thought

We had a wonderful tour on the flat ocean this morning and managed to enjoy sightings with some curious Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) and a […]