March 16, 2017

07.03.2017 – Just another beautiful day on the ocean

Just another beautiful day out on the ocean, we will let the pictures speak for themselves 🙂 by Daniel Jardim Todays sightings: Ribeira Brava 10.00: Bottlenose […]
March 15, 2017

06.03.2017 – No wind but waves…

In the past two days with strong East winds we had some bumpy rides, despite not having much wind during the trips the waves that we […]
March 14, 2017

02.03.2017 – In the nick of time…

Last day of the week before the NW wind arrives and we have managed to make at the last minute three trips starting from Calheta. As […]
March 13, 2017

01.03.2017 – Hunting in murky waters

Only one trip with the RIBEIRA BRAVA today and still some swell from the west hitting the coast, but no wind. It didn’t take long until we […]
March 12, 2017

28.02.2017 – Fin Whales at last!

Over one month has passed since we last saw a Fin whale. Today we were lucky! We had a sighting of three Fin whales about 7 nm […]
March 10, 2017

27.02.2017 – 8 nm in front of Campanário

The morning started with a STENELLA trip and we saw Pilot whales. In the afternoon with the RIBEIRA BRAVA we observed Bottlenose dolphins being chased of […]
March 8, 2017

25.02.2017 – Life happening!

On today’s trip we had the sighting of the three smaller species of dolphins, we even saw two Loggerhead sea-turtles since the weather was ideal. When we […]
March 6, 2017

24.02.2017 – Do we ever hoist sail?

On board the Ribeira Brava guests often ask if we still use the sail, this is always something that intrigues our guests. Right after the question was […]
March 4, 2017

23.02.2017 – Curar o olhado

With the Ribeira Brava back from dry dock and ready for season 2017, the first sighting was a group of Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis). During […]