October 4, 2025
Today on our first trip with Stenella we could encounter the interaction between fishermen and dolphins in the waters around the island. The dolphins were Bottlenose […]
October 3, 2025
The highlight of today’s Ribeira Brava trips was a curious Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) that surprised out guests towards the end of the second trip. […]
October 2, 2025
If we could label one cetacean species as our coastguard it would be the Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). The species enjoys a wide distribution, with several […]
October 1, 2025
We waited and searched for marine mammals in one area twice today. The first time, Blainville’s beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) had dived. But when and where […]
September 30, 2025
Today it felt like summer was over. The day was cool, humid and overcast and later it started even to rain. Still we left the marina […]
September 29, 2025
Today our boats encountered Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) and Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). The last trip went without cetacean sightings again. Whilst we did not […]
September 28, 2025
This morning was the very best example of how you can recognise from a distance whether it is a baleen whale or a Sperm whale (Physeter […]
September 27, 2025
Today on our trips we could appreciate the beauty of Madeiras Big 5. I speak about some of the most commonly seen species around the island […]
September 26, 2025
Today was another difficult one. Over the last couple of days we had Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Blainville’s beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) here and there […]