September 30, 2018

21.09.2018 – Good and bad sightings

On our tours today, we have been lucky enough to see a variety of sea creatures: Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) and Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) […]
September 28, 2018

19.09.2018 – Rete mirabilis

Rete mirabilis sounds mysterious. Like something that has been projected into life by the magical lantern. In fact, it is also full of mystery and miracles, which […]
September 27, 2018

18.09.2018 – Big and small

The smallest cetaceans occurring around Madeira are the dolphin species of the genus Stenella, which are represented by the Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) and the […]
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, […]