04.10.2018 – Let yourself be surprised …
On our tours we often deal with different species that can behave very differently towards us. Today, there were two marine mammal species, which usually show a shy behaviour towards the boats. But is this always the case? During the…
03.10.2018 – Message in a bottle
We have seen Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) on all our tours today. It´s always impressive when these large dolphins come close to the boat giving us the chance to get a close look. In addition to those lovely sightings, a…
02.10.2018 – Social skills
Both our boats enjoyed sightings involving Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the morning and an encounter with a large Baleen whale (Mysteceti) with her young calf in the afternoon. It was difficult to determine the species of the whales due…
01.10.2018 – Blackfish
On this first day of the month of October, the Atlantic gave us a warm welcome with spectacular sightings. This morning both our boats could enjoy sightings with Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus), Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and the extremely…
28.09.2018 – Heads up
Our zodiac was once again forced to head far to the east of the island due to the unfortunate absence of cetaceans in the southwest waters of the island. Our spotter directed us 3 miles of the coastline near Camara…
27.09.2018 – Echoes in the east
Our spotter had spent the larger part of the afternoon scanning the Southwest waters of the island but wasn’t able to locate any animals in the area so our zodiac immediately headed east after leaving the marina. While covering a…
26.09.2018 – We are related to …
Who thinks of marine mammals, certainly has first whales and dolphins in mind. In fact, this is just one group of the four different marine mammal groups. Interestingly, all come from different land mammal species. The seals nearest relative ashore is…
23.09.2018 – More than just a picture
Both our boats had to venture far towards the east of the island to find animals, a rather unusual situation for our crew. I was on board the Stenella with a lovely group of interested guests who seemed to enjoy…
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…
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…