August 1, 2024
The bodies of Blainville’s Beaked Whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) and other large cetaceans often house certain types of barnacles. On tours like this morning, where we see […]
July 21, 2024
“Mar de aceite”, literally means the oil-ocean, which is an expression that is used in Portugal for very calm sea days, when there is not a […]
July 20, 2024
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about speed. This is because of two facts. Firstly, I found out that flying fish reach a top speed of […]
June 19, 2024
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 17, 2024
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 15, 2024
Today, we have been able to tick a couple of boxes off the Wishlist’s of many our passengers and certainly also our guides and captains. The […]
June 12, 2024
While wind and waves prevailed our afternoon tour, the morning still felt like one of these easy-going trips, observing particularly curious and energetic species in crystal […]
June 4, 2024
Another day out in the blue awaited us with many surprises! The morning started with plenty of different dolphin species of all sizes. Besides our resident […]
June 2, 2024
Whale-watching in Madeira can be totally unpredictable. The outstanding (and somewhat terrifying) 2000 m of Atlantic Ocean below your feet can bring things that may even […]