Weekly Update November #4 In the past week we found dolphins in all of the dolphin watching tours, 22 months since the last failed ocean tour.We sighted 1 dolphin species, the common dolphinFor the bird watchers, we’ve seen: Northern Gannet, Balearic Shearwater and Great Skua.All tours rated 3 stars on our scaleWe had to travel an average of 69Km to find the dolphins, which took ~2h39 to cover it. On average we hosted 6 guests per dolphin watching tour and 1 seasickness cases, with the lunch saved.Sea state was on average sea state 3.Our CO2 emissions were 1.6 Kg per Km.This following week we expect very good conditions for Tuesday 26rd and fair sea conditions for Wednesday 27th followed by bad weather until next week..
Weekly Update November #3 In the past week we found dolphins in all of the dolphin watching tours, 22 months since the last failed ocean tour.We sighted 1 dolphin species, the common dolphinFor the bird watchers, we’ve seen: Storm petrel, Northern Gannet, Balearic Shearwater and European shag.All tours rated 3 stars on our scaleWe had to travel an average of 83Km to find the dolphins, which took ~2h58 to cover it. On average we hosted 6 guests per dolphin watching tour and 0 seasickness cases.Sea state was on average sea state 1.Our CO2 emissions were 1.6 Kg per Km.This following week we expect near perfect conditions until the weekend, where Friday 22th afternoon is the best day. During the weekend and dragging for Monday 25th and maybe even Tuesday 26th the sea conditions will now allow tours.But the biggest threat to our tour will be the lack of bookings. We have been going out with the minimum guest number and even cancelling few tours because there isn’t enough bookings, even making 10% discounts on the tickets! Dolphin Watching Dolphins ECCO Ocean eco tourism EcoTour Golfinhos Lisboa Lisbon Lisbon Dolphins Portugal Rio Tejo Tagus Tagus River Tejo Things to do in Lisbon Visit Lisbon Visit Portugal Whale watching What to do in Lisbon
Weekly Update September #2 In the past week we found dolphins in all of the dolphin watching tours, 22 months since the last failed ocean tour.We sighted 2 dolphin species, the common dolphin and bottlenose dolphins.For the bird watchers, we’ve seen: Storm petrel, Northern Gannet, Balearic Shearwater and Great Skua.All tours rated 2.5 stars on our scale.We had to travel an average of 65Km to find the dolphins, which took ~2h43 to cover it. On average we hosted 6 guests per dolphin watching tour and 1 seasickness cases.Sea state was on average sea state 3.Our CO2 emissions were 1.5 Kg per Km.This following week we expect fair sea conditions except for Wednesday 13th and Friday 15thWith the best conditions forecasted for Thursday 14th and Sunday 17th.