June 17, 2025

10.06.2025 – Rough winds

Today was a tough day out at sea. The first Stenella tour got lucky with an Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) encounter in the morning. The […]
June 16, 2025

09.06.2025 – Babysitting and other similarities

Today there was a combination of Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) and Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) on most tours. These two species seem to enjoy each […]
June 14, 2025

07.06.2025 – Doughnuts are fun

It has been a quiet day with only bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) about. The quite large group encountered in the morning was especially fun and interactive. […]
June 13, 2025

06.06.2025 – Safe to protect

We are now seeing them again, the cutest little dolphins there are, because the Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) now have miniature offspring. Of course, the […]
June 12, 2025

05.06.2025 – A day of diversity

There is an elegance about diversity. It’s as if mother nature proudly but subtly shows off her incredible creativity and the complex network that lays the […]
June 11, 2025

04.06.2025 – Musical fish: the Pipefish

Today on our trip we had a special sighting floating in the ocean. It was not a cetacean species, instead a tiny little fish. I speak […]
June 10, 2025

03.06.2025 – Sperm whales and stowaways

For most of today’s tours we just passed by our dolphins, the Atlantic spotted (Stenella frontalis) and Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in search of Sperm […]
June 9, 2025

02.06.2025 – The ghost of Madeira

Today we had a beautiful sighting of the Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus). This dolphin species which we see occasionally in our waters is shy and does […]
June 8, 2025

31.05.2025 – Unforgettable and special

Off Madeira’s coast, it is said that it is possible to see 26 species, i.e. one third of all possible marine mammal species. Of this third, […]