29.09.2018 – Bedroom eyes
Who does not know this look through half-closed eyelids, the so-called bedroom view. If we have a morning tour, we see this view in the morning in the mirror or even with our guests 😉 Even with the marine mammals…
22.09.2018 – With all senses?
Dolphins move in a blue multi-dimensional world, from which dangers can lurk at all times from all directions. While being in the group provides some protection, all available senses must be used for protection, but also for orientation and hunting….
21.09.2018 – Good and bad sightings
On our tours today, we have been lucky enough to see a variety of sea creatures: Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) and Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the morning, shy Blainville´s beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris), a shark and two Loggerhead…
20.09.2018 – Close-up
The moments before you see a Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) during a Whale-watching tour are (almost) as spectacular and exciting as those during a sighting. Our spotter informed us of two of these massive toothed whales out at sea after…
18.09.2018 – Big and small
The smallest cetaceans occurring around Madeira are the dolphin species of the genus Stenella, which are represented by the Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) and the Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba). The biggest animals around here are the baleen whales (Balaenoptera…
17.09.2018 – The goal
On our midday tour, a guest asked us, as the Ribeira Brava drove faster, if we had a destination, a goal we are moving towards? In fact, that was the case because we wanted to reach the distant Atlantic Spotted…
16.09.2018 – Hydration on the high seas
Today the playful Atlantic spotted dophins (Stenella frontalis) were seen on all tours on both our traditional boat and on our zodiac. The guests and crew aboard our zodiac were also lucky enough to observe baleen whales feeding close to…
15.09.2018 – A new happiness hormone
Our tour starts with a brief view of Beaked whales. Since the animals were just too far away and did not appear anymore, we can not say what kind of Beaked whales we had. The small group Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops…
14.09.2018 – Into another world
It took us long to find any activity on the ocean during todays afternoon trip. We went off to the West and then in a wide circle back to the East when our spotter called us: “Bird activity, a whale,…
13.09.2018 – One off the bucket list
After our crew and guests on our traditional saw Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the morning and the impressive Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) at midday, I was excited to see what surpises the Atlantic…