11.07.2019 – Phantom bottom
This morning the conditions were good closer to the coast with wind picking up further out at sea. Our Ribeira Brava scanned the ocean up to Ribeira Brava before meeting a school of Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba), an evasive but…
10.07.2019 – Clicks and whistles
We sometimes say on our whale/dolphin watching trips, that the animals we see are having a little human watching trip. This little joke is actually not complete nonsense, some curious dolphins, like the Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) we saw…
09.07.2019 – What are the odds
On an average day, we leave our marina in Calheta with an optimistic feeling. Not only because this is a good way to go through life, but also, because we are supported by our skilled and experienced spotter Carlos, our…
08.07.2019 – Such sea rowdys
Do I have to re-think the friendship and love for my water friends? Today, some Atlantic Spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) behaved in front of everyone’s eyes, boorish, very boorish!! They not only had an eye on a Loggerhead sea turtle…
07.07.2019 – Emerging diversity
A summery Sunday is definitely well-spent on board our zodiac, the Stenella. On both tours our guests could enjoy encounters with Atlantic Spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis), Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus). While the Bottlenose dolphins…
06.07.2019 – Why, why – so high, high?
First, we spotted a group of Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis), who were very quiet and in resting mode. There were only a few contacts and we let them go their way. The Atlantic Spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) were much more…
05.07.2019 – Stenella accompanied by Stenella‘s
Today we went with our speedboat Stenella out to sea. Shortly before the tour, the wind freshened up a bit and wispy foam caps were waiting for us … but not only wave crests were around the boat, no! In…
04.07.2019 – Silver
On a grey cloudy day everything around you may seem dull and equally grey. The ocean, with its glittering surface and hidden treasures, had more of a silver shade and surprised us with a lovely sighting involving Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops…
01.07.2019 – We flicked through our Lobosonda species book
Today, it’s almost (!) easier to enumerate what we did not see than all the species we saw. As we flicked through our Lobosonda species book on boat, we found that we could turn over, one page at a time…
29.06.2019 – A la carte
When you go out to dinner on a warm summer evening in Madeira, and you order a delicious grilled squid or one of the many local seafood specialities a la carte, Life seems quite easy. But for the animals we…