December 14, 2022
The Ocean Sunfish (Molidae) answers to many names, all of which in some way describe this mysterious oceanic nomad. In contrast to the English common name, […]
June 8, 2022
Today is World Oceans Day. A special day! Let’s celebrate it! Let’s use this day to pay homage to the ocean habitat. In this post I […]
December 29, 2021
We have to take our lovely old fishing vessel, the Ribeira Brava, over to Funchal for her to get refuelled. This takes around two and a […]
December 11, 2021
It didn’t work out today. Our Ribeira Brava went far to the westernmost point of the island, Ponta do Pargo seemed within reach. But no dolphins, […]
June 6, 2021
We literally had all hands on deck this morning at Lobosonda with a part of our crew aboard the Stenella for a snorkelling tour and the […]
December 5, 2020
When people hear the word plankton they think of the tiny but fundamentally important aquatic organisms that live near the surface of our oceans. These are […]
September 23, 2020
We had a wonderful tour on the flat ocean this morning and managed to enjoy sightings with some curious Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) and a […]
April 29, 2020
We are living in a time where the planet Earth is having a break. A break from pollution, noise, endangerment, crimes, etc. Humans are in a […]
April 1, 2020
Sharks still belong to one of the animals people are most afraid of encountering but the sad truth is that there aren’t many sharks to encounter […]