February 11, 2019

04.02.2019 – Recharging at the surface

In spite of their incredible agility, their remarkable intelligence and skillful coordination, hunting still demands high energy expenditure in cetaceans. So, like us, they also need […]
December 29, 2018

22.12.2018 – Wondrous assimilative capacity

Today the ocean gave us a wintry sea with some waves, a bit more saltwater in our ears and fortunately also a curious Loggerhead turtle (Caretta […]
December 17, 2018

07.12.2018 – Return to start

Only a few of the many interesting marine animals stand as “special guests” on our passport. A sweet representative of this guest list is the Loggerhead […]
October 19, 2018

05.10.2018 – Tunas and more

We never know what we might find out on the ocean before starting a tour. Clearly, our aim is to observe cetaceans but sometimes also other […]
October 15, 2018

03.10.2018 – Message in a bottle

We have seen Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) on all our tours today. It´s always impressive when these large dolphins come close to the boat giving us […]
October 8, 2018

29.09.2018 – Bedroom eyes

Who does not know this look through half-closed eyelids, the so-called bedroom view. If we have a morning tour, we see this view in the morning […]
October 2, 2018

23.09.2018 – More than just a picture

Both our boats had to venture far towards the east of the island to find animals, a rather unusual situation for our crew. I was on […]
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 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 […]