November 27, 2019

A long way down

Our boat, the Ribeira brava, is our pride and joy. Its charm is undeniable, the old wooden style transports us back to a time when life […]
November 25, 2019

Green treasure

Madeira is often described as a floating garden, a delicate green gem set in the azure blue frame that is the Atlantic ocean, and this certainly […]
November 12, 2019

The Acropolis of Atlantis

The sunken city of Atlantis has always been a wonderous tale, grasping our imagination. The idea of a wonderous kingdom somewhere deep beneath the sea. The […]
November 6, 2019

A good season

The waters around Madeira can be quite mysterious, you never really know what you will find in the deep, to some this is phobia-inducing, the endless […]
February 7, 2019

The challenges of survival

The sandy beach in Yaniklar, Turkey, is a tiny, little oasis squeezed amongst the dark grey pebbles scattered along the rest of the coastline. It is […]
January 28, 2019

Deadly Red Tide

The mass propagation of algae and cyanobacteria is called algal bloom. If this occurs, the water surface turns green, blue or red.  In this particular mass […]
January 25, 2019

Snorkeling in Calheta

On our trips to the ocean, we are looking for the biggest animals in the sea. Whales and dolphins but also turtles, sharks and seals usually […]
January 22, 2019

Pelagic fish (1)

As a whale-watching company, our primary goal during our tours is to enjoy sightings with the cetaceans roaming around the waters of the Madeiran archipelago but […]
January 21, 2019

Hope for the Australian Humpback Whales

Sometimes, science delights us with good news! A scientific article about Humpback Whales in Australian waters showed that the population of this whale species is rapidly […]