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…
03.07.2019 – Go with the flow
Part of responsible whale watching is preparation, when our spotter leads us to a sighting he also informs the captain how the animals are behaving. This lets us make our approach at the right speed, from the right direction and…
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…
26.06.2019 – The restless ocean
Once again the time has come for us to introduce a new member of our little team: Welcome to the gang Scott Dorssers! Our new summer guide for the 2019 season had his first trip aboard the Ribeira Brava today…
21.06.2019 – Altogether now!
One word that can be used to describe the summer in the waters surrounding Madeira is: eventful! The day started with a lovely snorkelling tour, where our participants met a calm and curious group of Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis)….
08.06.2018 – Our ocean
Happy World Oceans day! For the team at Lobosonda the ocean is a provider, a source of knowledge and happiness, the formidable mother of all living things on our planet. Abiogenesis, or the origin of life, where microorganisms arose from…
06.06.2019 – The interactive spectrum
Nothing beats meeting some interactive dolphins after returning from a time-off. As our traditional boat split through the gusty Atlantic we were greeted by a large school of Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) that instantly sped and leapt around the…
29.05.2019 – The perfect wave and a lottery win
Today, Ribeira Brava, at the best sea, created the perfect wave. How nice to watch. In the morning we saw some Pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) in the distance and had a school of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) around us. Today,…