December 30, 2022

24.12.2022 – Merry Christmas!

It’s the season to be jolly and Christmas marks the climax of it, so what better day to head out onto the ocean and find some […]
December 29, 2022

23.12.2022 – Full concentration

Today, on board, the question arose whether we can find the marine mammals using a JPS signal? Providing an animal with a transmitter is firstly very […]
December 28, 2022

22.12.2022 – Favorite food

Today we had two little guests on board, two sweet sisters. Anuk enthusiastically told me that she prefers to eat noodles. Noodles are the best for […]
December 27, 2022

21.12.2022 – Hide and seek

Today, the small group of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) as well as a subgroup of Short-finned Pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) played hide and seek with us. […]
December 26, 2022

20.12.2022 – Heads up! 

Cetaceans have a way of making us feel a natural curiosity for them and, in many cases, the feeling is definitely mutual! Todays encounter with a […]
December 23, 2022

17.12.2022 After the storm

Madeira’s usual wind direction is from the northeast. This enables a lee area in the southwest, even in strong north-easterly winds. For this reason, all whale […]
December 20, 2022

Fish aggregation devices

Our modern fishing fleets have come up with many tricks to have a good catch and run prosperous businesses. One of these are fish aggregating devices […]
December 18, 2022

Turtles have survived dinosaurs, continent shifts and ice ages. But whether they survive humans is still unclear

An appreciation post about those long lasting and amazing creatures, that we’re lucky to observe often as a little bonus on our tours. Sadly, we humans […]
December 16, 2022

10.12.2022 – Island associated

A short window of agreeable weather emerged within the many stormy days this week and our team decided to use it. We travelled on seas as […]