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July 26, 2024

18.07.2024 – Who are you?

There is no such thing as a “normal” day on Madeira’s Ocean. If you have had a look at our sighting’s statistics, you have noticed that […]
July 25, 2024

17.07.2024 – The Smooth and The Rough

On todays 17:00 Stenella they met (alongside other things) a Hammerhead shark (Sphyrna sp.). This has reminded me of the long-standing internet debate on whether shark […]
November 16, 2023

09.11.2023 – Rounded heads

This morning our guests were able to observe four different species of marine mammals. Three of these four species had very similar external characteristics, namely a […]
September 26, 2022

19.09.2022 – Little whales

We can’t stress this enough; the word whale encompasses the families of both the toothed whales and the baleen whales. Which means that all dolphins are […]
August 20, 2019

10.08.2019 – Time travel into the now

A slightly rainy morning on the sea brought us a very calm sighting of Pilot whales (Globiscephala marcrorhynchus) mixed with powerful, yet equally relaxed Bottlenose dolphins […]
August 30, 2018

21.08.2018 – The Pygmy chronicles

Our snorkelling tour this morning was unsuccessful regarding the targeted underwater encounters with Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) BUT was surprisingly eventful despite this unfortunate circumstance. […]
July 20, 2016

15.07.2016 – It was like in a dream!

So nice to hear that from one of our guests after a wonderful encounter with a very large group of Atlantic Spotted dolphins. At least 40 […]