August 13, 2025
The ocean surrounding our island are teeming with life during the summer months. Stronger stratification of the water column decreases access to nutrients for deep sea […]
August 2, 2025
Today’s species included surfing Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and reptilian-like Rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis). Rough-toothed dolphins are fascinating to observe. These animals are well-known for swimming […]
July 23, 2025
In the morning, we had an incredible encounter with a Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni) aboard the Ribeira Brava. The animal was very interested in the boat, […]
July 22, 2025
The general consensus for whale-watching in Madeira is to expect everything! We are lucky to experience such a diversity of sightings during our tours, which truly […]
July 19, 2025
Next to Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) we also saw Striped (Stenella coeruleoalba) and Rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) today. With summer progressing, we have been having […]
July 18, 2025
Dolphins are thought to symbolise peacefulness and compassion. Well, here’s some news. the Rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) got up to some not-so-nice mischief with a Loggerhead […]
July 7, 2025
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
…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
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 […]