01.11.2018 – Whale waste matters
Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) and Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) have been the species we encountered on all three trips today. From socializing and interacting with the boat, over resting on the surface up to jumping…
31.10.2018 – Turbulence
During our briefings for tours on board our zodiac, the Stenella, we always let our guests know that things can get pretty bumpy at the front of the boat, especially on a day like today where conditions were rather choppy….
30.10.2018 – Windy coastal cruise and Pilot whales
The wind from the West has been quite strong this morning. Therefore, we headed to the East where the sea was a bit calmer. Some Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) passed a few miles out of Funchal. The animals have…
29.10.2018- Mini Ecosystem
The gusts of wind and the isolated showers of rain trailing along the coastline made it particularly hard for our team to locate animals out at sea this morning. The difficult conditions and the absence of cetaceans ultimately lead to…
27.10.2018 – A baby was born
The big star of our trip on Stenella today has been a tiny Short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus). According to its size the little animal must have been very young. It was swimming close to its mum and amazed everyone…
26.10.2018 – Far & Wide
There are days when we literally have animals infront of the marina and then there are days where we have to head out and cover a large search area to find cetaceans. How is this done? Well this is all…
25.10.2018 – Tails – Tails – Tails
Extraordinary, special, great, fantastic, amazing, unique, breathtaking … so were our encounters with sperm whales today.. The most beautiful situations with tails, alone or in pairs, tail slaps and breaches were in today’s repertoire. The two breaches that we were…
24.10.2018 – Where is Mummy?
Today has been a great day of Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) sightings. We encountered those giants of the depth during all three trips. Very interesting have been the observations of the youngest individuals. Those Sperm whale kids are not able…
23.10.2018 – Chasing rainbows
We set out west of Calheta this morning, with a group of very excited guests aboard our Stenella while admiring a double-rainbow curving elegantly over the Atlantic. The isloated showers on the ocean didn’t make things easy for our spotter…
22.10.2018 – Dolphin school for kids
Today we had a beautiful sighting with two Blainville Beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris). This mother and her calf were quite sociable, to our delight. The whale girl became curious, approached our boat, turned sideways in the bow, looked up, then turned on…