September 2, 2019

23.08.2019 – A celebration of challenge

Finding cetaceans out on the vast, deep blue Atlantic is always challenge and our team loves challenges! This is especially true for our talented spotter, Carlos, […]
September 1, 2019

22.08.2019 – Rush hour

Before booking, our guests usually ask us what time of the day is best for whale-watching. Of course, the best case scenario for everyone is that […]
August 29, 2019

19.08.2019 – Hang loose

When you think of surfers, you think of a bunch of longhaired dudes on a beach, patiently waiting for waves to come their way, finding their […]
August 28, 2019

18.08.2019 – A long long time ago

In a land far away, our story begins. In the Eocene about 50 million years ago that is, in a place we now call Pakistan, with […]
August 24, 2019

14.08.2019 – Above & below

Today our Ribeira Brava embarked on the long journey to Funchal to fuel and we ended up cruising all the way to Cabo Girão on this […]
August 23, 2019

13.08.2019 – Airy body guard

On our morning tour, we were escorted by a sea-torn for a while. It almost seemed she was our airy body guard. 🙂 We saw Cory’s […]
August 22, 2019

12.08.2019 – Means, motive and opportunity

Today we were witness to a crime, a theft of something precious, a whole school of fish! We followed the Corey’s shearwaters (Calonectris), as we often […]
August 20, 2019

10.08.2019 – Time travel into the now

A slightly rainy morning on the sea brought us a very calm sighting of Pilot whales (Globiscephala marcrorhynchus) mixed with powerful, yet equally relaxed Bottlenose dolphins […]
August 19, 2019

09.08.2019 – Breathing exercise with gratitude

On our morning tour with the Ribeira Brava we had waves with waves and waves with Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis). It was really bumpy, but […]