February 13, 2019

06.02.2019 – Magnificent morning

We had the pleasure of having a trip with calm, warm weather conditions today and enjoyed sightings with three very different species of toothed whales (Odontoceti) […]
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 […]
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 […]
February 6, 2019

29.01.2019 – Foragers on the high seas

As we left the marina of Calheta this morning, our vigia Carlos informed us of a dispersed group of Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) hunting 6 nautical […]
February 4, 2019

Lobosonda´s new temporary shop

For all of you who does not know, Lobosonda has a new “shop” in the harbor. This is due to the works currently taking place on […]
January 31, 2019

26.01.2019 – Cause & Effect

We had a wonderful trip this morning with a small group of guests who were lucky enough to see Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis), Bottlenose dolphins […]
January 30, 2019

24.01.2019 – Planing in winter

It was our first day of work after the temporary closing of the Calheta marina, so things were a little outside the norm but change never […]
January 29, 2019

23.01.2019 – The science behind sightings

We enjoyed some interesting encounters during our afternoon tour on the Stenella today. Our spotter guided us to an area where we were flanked by a […]
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 […]