February 20, 2020
Our beautiful traditional boat, the Ribeira Brava, finally returned from a month of maintenance on the dry dock at Câmara do Lobos and set out this […]
February 7, 2020
The last day of January had a special feel to it. The air around the ocean was misty making the horizon practically invisible and it almost […]
February 3, 2020
What a trip! After having the pleasure of observing different behaviours amongst an enormous and dispersed school of Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) our spotter managed […]
January 25, 2020
The conditions were surprisingly summery today as we set off on our Stenella. Our spotter soon found a compact group of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). The […]
January 18, 2020
The ocean welcomed us with rainbows in the sky as we sped out aboard our zodiac this morning. Our sightings included bow-riding Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba), […]
January 16, 2020
One of the many beautiful things about the variety of life surrounding the island of Madeira is the fact that all the different organisms that can […]
January 15, 2020
All cetaceans are magnificent animals but two species have fascinated local scientists for some time because of their frequent visit to Madeira’s waters; the Bottlenose dolphins […]
December 20, 2019
Our traditional boat faced rather gusty conditions as we cruised westward three nautical miles off the coast of Paul do Mar. Here, at the edge of […]
December 19, 2019
Our zodiac had an absolutely spectacular trip out on the Atlantic Ocean today and…I’m not sure whether it was so incredible because my camera eventually ran […]