September 11, 2018
You know it’s a good Sunday if you kick off your morning with a whale sighting! Our Stenella sped out of the marina today in pursuit […]
September 10, 2018
Mariana, a little Portuguese girl on our morning tour said a very poetic sentence! The dolphins rode in the bow wave of the boat and she […]
September 9, 2018
Today we found an interesting situation out on the ocean: there were Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) closely accompanied by Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus). Occasionally, […]
September 8, 2018
Summer is a great time for whale-watching in Madeira for several reasons. The first obvious one is that weather conditions are more favorable, making it much […]
September 1, 2018
Whale-watching trips in the evening during the summer months belong to my favorite tours. Apart from the fact that they are a relaxing contrast to the […]
August 31, 2018
Today during the afternoon excursions with our zodiac “Stenella” we encountered pods of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) in close proximity […]
August 30, 2018
Our snorkelling tour this morning was unsuccessful regarding the targeted underwater encounters with Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) BUT was surprisingly eventful despite this unfortunate circumstance. […]
August 28, 2018
Everybody enjoys a good grooming every now and then and things aren’t any different for cetaceans. We often encounter animals with patchy or flaky skin and, […]
August 25, 2018
At the beginning of the summer sightings of Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) were surprisingly scarce. In the last days, however, we’ve experienced quite the opposite […]