December 14, 2022
The Ocean Sunfish (Molidae) answers to many names, all of which in some way describe this mysterious oceanic nomad. In contrast to the English common name, […]
December 12, 2022
Hello December! Winter almost doesn’t feel like winter here in Madeira and we had the sighting this morning to prove it! An enormous pod of Atlantic […]
December 8, 2022
Today we only had an afternoon tour with the Stenella. Shortfined Pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) and Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) were seen throughout the tour. They […]
December 7, 2022
Three Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) migrated along the coast. They accompanied us for a while and passed under our boat to the other side. The second […]
December 5, 2022
Wow, what a fantastic trip! As we went out looking for bottlenose dolphins, there was suddenly a high-pitched spout. It took a while before we were […]
December 3, 2022
Enthusiastic guests, enthusiastic crew. It was great today. We started with quite shy Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba), which always kept an accurate distance from our boat. […]
December 2, 2022
Today a small group of guests was with us on the sea. We saw many different groups of Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) and Bottlenose dolphins […]
December 1, 2022
This morning we observed two different species of marine mammals on the Ribeira Brava. First, we had a kindergarten group of Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) […]
November 30, 2022
This morning we observed two groups of Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) at different spots. While one school was at rest, the second group headed west. […]