July 4, 2024

29.06.2024 – Kindergarden

There are also nurseries or kindergarten groups at sea! Dolphin mothers organise themselves well. If a mother has a very small calf, she cannot take it […]
June 30, 2024

24.06.2024 – Dolphins in reptile costumes

Numerous different dolphin species were seen during our tours today, amongst them our charming Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), the swift Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) and ever […]
June 19, 2024

14.06.2024 – Ode to Pilot whales

I want to dedicate today to my favourite cetacean species, Pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus). Short-finned pilot whales, to be more specific, were the stars of two […]
June 18, 2024

13.02.2024 – Lucky Day ?

Today it’s been a day of Odontocetes. Every tour saw some form of toothed whale from tiny Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) to the giant Sperm […]
June 17, 2024

12.06.2024 – Timing is everything

Let’s imagine a “Behind-the-scenes” of a whale-watching trip at Lobosonda. Hopefully for our guest’s, every tour feels smooth and easy going, but there is quite some […]
June 13, 2024

06.06.2024 – The call before the storm

Well, I wouldn’t call it exactly a quiet morning on the ocean. Indeed, we managed to use a small weather window between yesterday’s windy and today’s […]
June 10, 2024

03.06.2024 – Out of the blue

Madeira attracts many of its visitors with an overload of sunshine. In fact, sunshine doesn’t necessarily mean perfect ocean conditions – today was determined by winds […]
June 8, 2024

01.06.2024 – Always on the run

Today, most of our tours had the chance to observe the beautiful Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba). Our spotter’s capabilities leave us astonished, as he often finds […]
June 6, 2024

30.05.2024 – The “Who is who” in a dolphin’s world.

Today’s ocean encounters were determined by one resident species, the Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Often occurring close to the coasts, this species is one of the […]