July 7, 2025

01.07.2025 – Surprise

When working with marine mammals, the knowledge of many years and observations flows in. You quickly learn that the different whale and dolphin species generally exhibit […]
July 6, 2025

30.06.2025 – Not all dolphins are the same…

…in fact they are all wonderfully different! We tend to base our picture of dolphins on what we know about the best studied dolphin, the Bottlenose […]
September 28, 2024

20.09.2024 – As far as Porto Moniz

Today there were different species of dolphin on the first two tours. In the morning we were lucky enough to see three species, happy Atlantic spotted […]
September 24, 2024

16.09.2024 – In unfamiliar waters

Four species in the morning. We had wonderful sightings with Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), Rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis), Blainville’s beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) and a monk […]
September 20, 2024

12.02.2024 – World Dolphin Day

For us at Lobosonda, every day is a Dolphin day. We adore these beautiful, social and intelligent marine mammals and can call us lucky enough to […]
September 19, 2024

11.09.2024 – Peek-a-boo!

I sometimes feel that the dolphins and whales which we encounter at sea are just as curious about us as we are about them. Recently, we […]
September 13, 2024

05.09.2024 – Hitchhikers. Part 1.

Three different species were found on our trips today: Rough-toothed (Steno bredanensis), Atlantic spotted (Stenella frontalis) and Bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus) dolphins. I have to admit, the […]
September 12, 2024

04.09.2024 – Elephants ?

Theres nothing I like more than learning about the lies our guests lead when they are not whale watching in Madeira. As awesome as our jobs […]
September 11, 2024

03.09.2024 – Sweethearts

Rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis), a wonderful dolphin species that we are delighted to see here every time we meet them, were very much present today. We […]