April 4, 2017

27.03.2017 – Why cetaceans don’t get the bends?

The “bends” or decompression sickness in scuba-divers, happens when gas bubbles expand to quickly and block blood flow somewhere in the circulatory system. This expanded gas […]
January 22, 2017

18.01.2017 – A keen child

The first pod of dolphins (the bottlenose dolphins) close to shore, were slumbered away by her. But the pod of common dolphins, that were feeding far […]
December 23, 2016

19.12.2016 – Christmas is in a hurry

You might be surprised by this Blog title. Christmas is in a hurry, why? There are years when a Christmas gift comes earlier. This happened yesterday […]
December 23, 2016

19.12.2016 – Christmas is in a hurry

You might be surprised by this Blog title. Christmas is in a hurry, why that? There are years when a Christmas gift comes earlier. This happened […]
December 14, 2016

12.12.2016 – „Wish- Christmas Tree“

Today we will explain our „Wish Christmas Tree”. Our colleague Marlene had a very nice idea how to decorate our Christmas tree. If you are on […]
July 18, 2016

13.07.2016 – Sunfish

The attraction of the day was definitely the sunfish! Very photogenic, with lots of Pilot Fisches around him, dancing and cleaning. The sunfish is the biggest […]
July 13, 2016

08.07.2016 – Cloudless

On Madeira island it is very rare to have a completely cloudless day. Today it was one of those days. Our poor spotter had to stand […]
July 9, 2016

04.07.2016 – High noon

What an amazing trip with Stenella at noon we had today! We saw Atlantic Spotted dolphins behaving in their best manner; Striped dolphins which showed their […]
July 4, 2016

28.06.2016 – Resting is important

We had resting Atlantic Spotted dolphins for a short time around us. The Ribeira Brava was moving softly on the swell and the dolphins were calm around us. […]