November 2, 2021

25.10.2021 – Lament

In the morning, we had very quickly a wonderful sighting with Short-finned Pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) and Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Very nice to see how […]
October 28, 2021

21.10.2021 – Switching shifts

Both our boats set off this morning to meet a group of travelling Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) that were briskly travelling east in a rather […]
October 21, 2021

14.10.2021 – For what it’s worth

It wasn’t easy for our spotter to find animals for our crew at sea today and both our boats had to travelled far to the sightings […]
October 18, 2021

12.10.2021 – Slingshot

Underwater landscapes can play an incredibly important role when it comes to the distribution of different species within a region. Madeira is generally surrounded by deep […]
October 16, 2021

09.10.2021 – Nothing comes easy

There are days when the Atlantic completely spoils us with cetacean sightings and others where finding them really doesn’t come easy. Lately, many groups have encountered […]
October 15, 2021

08.10.2021 – A strong, interspecific friendship

Sometimes I am asked whether different species of marine mammals are teaming up. This actually happens. A fairly common combination of two different species are Bottlenose […]
October 12, 2021

05.09.2021 – High & low riders

Many hunt in the deep but they all need the air; cetaceans truly are the oceans masters when it comes to living at the interface of […]
September 28, 2021

22.09.2021 – The Madeira line-up

Madeira is a fantastic place for whale-watching! Its deep waters host a diversity of species who all nurture their own unique relationship to the islands marine […]
September 24, 2021

18.09.2021 – Along the coast

At the moment, it often happens that we have an excessively long tour on the Ribeira Brava. So today too. The Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) reported […]