March 20, 2018

12.03.2018 – Emma and Phoenix

In the past two weeks, two massive storms “Emma” and “Phoenix” hit Madeira archipelago, leaving its marks mostly along the southwest shoreline. As expected and despite […]
March 18, 2018

Remoras

Remoras are often found attached to sharks, manta rays, whales, dolphins, turtles and dugongs. They are also called suckerfish, sharksucker or whalesucker. They have a sucker-like […]
March 16, 2018

How do sperm whales catch squids?

Sperm whales love eating squid! Male sperm whales dive up to 2,250 meters, and females up to around 1,100 meters to hunt. While hunting, it is […]
March 14, 2018

28.02.2018 – Forced Vacations…

Due to bad weather conditions that hit Madeira Island (strong southern winds, rain and big waves) we were forced to stay grounded for some time. But […]
March 12, 2018

24.02.2018 – Predicting

Looking at the weather forecast for the next week, all efforts are being made to make the most out of this week in terms of bookings […]
March 8, 2018

23.02.2018 – The Feast

Apex predators have evolved to be on top of the food chain, on our trips today we saw a perfect example of how this top predators […]
March 6, 2018

21.02.2018 – New arrivals

A day with two trips programmed and again perfect/comfortable weather outside. Both trips we had the same sightings with Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) and Bottlenose […]
March 4, 2018

19.02.2018 – Gusts of wind…

On our tours today on board STENELLA, we saw in the morning a resident group of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and in the afternoon with gusts […]
March 2, 2018

16.02.2018 – Jumping after Garfish

During the Winter months its not only the air temperature that decreases but also the Ocean temperature that drops. Even in Sub-tropical regions we can, more […]