November 12, 2025
On our wonderful morning tour we had the big ones, Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) and the small ones, Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis), approaching us curiously. […]
November 10, 2025
After last week’s cancellations due to strong winds and bad weather, this week is not starting too promising either. The Ribeira Brava tried going out this […]
November 8, 2025
Today after many days of stormy weather we were finally able to go out on the ocean again. There was still a bit of swell, which […]
November 5, 2025
Every ocean and every sea has its own current systems that give this body of water its special character. Currents are the horizontal and vertical transport […]
November 3, 2025
Pregnancy is something normally connected to females, but what if I tell you were is a group of animals where the males are pregnant. I speak […]
November 1, 2025
Our spotters actually work alone. There are places along the coast of Madeira that are very well suited to overlooking a large area of the sea […]
October 31, 2025
Winter is closing in and with that the wet season here on Madeira starts. This morning the weather was good enough to leave for the ocean […]
October 30, 2025
The ocean was incredibly calm today with a smooth water surface, almost like a mirror. In Portuguese, they call these conditions “mar de azeite” which translates […]
October 29, 2025
The Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops) is by far the marine mammal we know the most about. The adaptive nature of these charismatic dolphins has granted them a […]