July 27, 2025
Today was Grampus day. Grampus is the Portuguese name for the Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus), a species we can appreciate in summer around Madeira. The special […]
July 15, 2025
The weather changed a little this morning but that didn’t dull our sightings at all. Both our boats managed sightings with Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) […]
June 30, 2025
Today we saw two of our lovely resident species, the Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephalus macrorhyncus). We are excited to have the […]
June 28, 2025
With Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) and Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) in the morning, followed by Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the afternoon we had […]
June 16, 2025
Today there was a combination of Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) and Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) on most tours. These two species seem to enjoy each […]
June 12, 2025
There is an elegance about diversity. It’s as if mother nature proudly but subtly shows off her incredible creativity and the complex network that lays the […]
June 10, 2025
For most of today’s tours we just passed by our dolphins, the Atlantic spotted (Stenella frontalis) and Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in search of Sperm […]
June 8, 2025
Off Madeira’s coast, it is said that it is possible to see 26 species, i.e. one third of all possible marine mammal species. Of this third, […]
June 5, 2025
Our little corner of the Atlantic was filled with dolphins today. We had the Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) on many of today’s tour and in […]