December 23, 2016

Hieros ichthys (Sacred fish)

The ancient Greeks called dolphins ‘hieros ichthys’, which means ‘sacred fish’. Dolphins play a role in many Greek myths, where they were always depicted as altruistic […]
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 […]
November 27, 2016

Keeping safe against natural enemies

The waters around Madeira are relatively safe for whales and dolphins, since there are normally no natural enemies around. Only very rarely we spot a potentially […]
August 24, 2016

19.08.2016 – Fascinating marine creatures: Mola mola – Ocean Sunfish

Today the sea was like a mirrow and allowed us a great insight under the surface. We noticed the beautiful lateral pattern of the Common dolphins, […]
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. […]