09.10.2020 – Oceanic kindergarten
Admiring children from the animal kingdom is always great! Especially on a day like today. The smooth sea spread out in the sunshine and the water was bright blue. Quite close to the coast we encountered a group of Bottlenose…
29.09.2020 – Wrinkled waters
Finding cetaceans out on the open ocean isn’t always an easy task and often requires our team to search larger areas in order to manage a successful sighting. The Northwest wind wrinkled up the oceans surface in the far west…
26.09.2020 – Across the oceans and the seas
We set out onto a placid Atlantic Ocean with some very excited snorkelers this morning and eventually had the pleasure of sliding into the water with a group of around 20 Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis). We are permitted to…
03.09.2020 – Eternalised
Our snorkelling dolphins were rather well hidden beneath this morning’s placid ocean and camouflaged amongst the many other species that were passing through the waters of the Southwest. Our spotter was able to guide our boats to groups of Bottlenose…
18.08.2020 – From zero to four
Today was a wonderful summer day at sea! Our guests had to be patient and maybe one or the other was worried that there would be no marine mammals to be seen, but then things suddenly happened in quick succession….
15.08.2020 – We are many
It is quite unusual to meet a single common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) as we did today. Common dolphins, like many other species of dolphins, live in schools. In these associations they can protect each other and support each other in…
13.08.2020 – Action-packed
The calm ocean delivered some peaceful yet eventful sightings on the Ribeira Brava this morning. The large, resting group of Rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) gently drifted near our traditional boat with some animals barrel-rolling and spy-hopping as they socialised at…
31.07.2020 – The perks of diversity
Our tours don’t come with a guarantee for sightings. Instead we promise our guests that our crew will invest all the skill and expertise necessary to provide a beautiful and educational experience out on the Atlantic. And, to be fair,…
05.07.2020 – Social distancing
After a four long months of quarantine, our crew was happy to finally cruise out onto the ocean with guests today in search of our favourite marine inhabitants. After the usual safety briefing our excited (masked) guests boarded the Ribeira…
14.03.2020 – Encouraging encounters
Our speedboat finally got another chance to dart out into the Atlantic. today to search for our favourite intelligent and hydrodynamic marine inhabitants. Our first sighting was with a group of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), powerful cetaceans that are able…