July 8, 2025

02.07.2025 – Spyhopping Sperm whales

In the morning, our boats encountered two groups of friendly Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis). The animals were loving the high swell and were showing off […]
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 […]
July 5, 2025

28.06.2025 – Fun day full of surprises

Today was filled with some true highlights. In the morning, we had our beloved Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) that we saw throughout the day and […]
July 4, 2025

27.06.2025 – Ocean safari

Today can only be described as ocean safari. We had so many different animals today. It started this morning with some Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) which […]
July 1, 2025

24.06.2025 – A flying jewel

Today we had the huge luck of seeing one of the very rare visitors of Madeira. I am not speaking about a whale or dolphin species […]
June 26, 2025

19.06.2025 – Yay, Striped dolphins!

Today we saw Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) in the morning and Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the afternoon, for the first time in a while. […]
June 21, 2025

14.06.2025 – Flying hats

Another day at sea, anther day for dolphins. Today’s species included Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis), Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba). As […]
June 11, 2025

04.06.2025 – Musical fish: the Pipefish

Today on our trip we had a special sighting floating in the ocean. It was not a cetacean species, instead a tiny little fish. I speak […]