September 22, 2018

13.09.2018 – One off the bucket list

After our crew and guests on our traditional saw Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the morning and the impressive Cuvier’s beaked […]
September 21, 2018

12.09.2018 – Names of cetaceans

During our tours today, we found four different cetacean species in the waters South of Madeira: in the morning our spotter directed us to two big […]
September 19, 2018

10.09.2018 – Mammals without borders

Both our boats had to cover a vast search area during our tours in order to find cetaceans today. Amidst our usual quest on Monday mornings […]
September 13, 2018

04.09.2018 – Search and find

Out on the ocean every day is different. It is good to know which species have been around the last few days but even this knowledge […]
September 11, 2018

02.09.2018 – “Bom domingo”

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 9, 2018

31.08.2018 – Dolphin co-occurrences

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 6, 2018

28.08.2018 -Mysterious whales

Today we were lucky enough to observe two of the twenty Beaked whales that were around. These whales are considered very shy and thus difficult to […]
September 5, 2018

27.08.2018 – Diet not wanted

Today, the Atlantic Spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) had the upper hand on our tours. These lively, small marine mammals delight our guests every time. Also on […]
September 3, 2018

25.08.2018 – Exchange business

It was a colourful, eventful Saturday. In the morning there were Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba), Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Risso´s dolphins (Grampus griseus). On this […]