November 24, 2025
Today we had a very sad and touching encounter at sea. I had just told our guests that mourning behaviour in Pilot whales and orcas is […]
November 17, 2025
One of the species we encountered today was the so called Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba). This is a small dolphin which can be encountered around Madeira […]
November 15, 2025
Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), as we observed them today, are considered intelligent and social marine mammals. In the wild, they live in complex social groups and […]
November 14, 2025
The sun was setting when we were coming back from our last Stenella trip. Today we could admire 3 different species of cetaceans. In the morning […]
November 12, 2025
On our wonderful morning tour we had the big ones, Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) and the small ones, Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis), approaching us curiously. […]
November 8, 2025
Today after many days of stormy weather we were finally able to go out on the ocean again. There was still a bit of swell, which […]
October 30, 2025
The ocean was incredibly calm today with a smooth water surface, almost like a mirror. In Portuguese, they call these conditions “mar de azeite” which translates […]
October 29, 2025
The Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops) is by far the marine mammal we know the most about. The adaptive nature of these charismatic dolphins has granted them a […]
October 28, 2025
Today on the first trip we encountered a piece of squid drifting at the surface of the ocean and it was a first glimpse of what […]