Weekly Update October #2

Ahoy, intrepid explorers! This past week has been great for dolphin sightings, and we’re excited to share the highlights with you! We are the most successful dolphin watching boat in Lisbon, with 33 months since the last failed ocean tour. We found at least a second group in all dolphin tours.
We sighted 1 dolphin species, the common dolphin. We also found Sharks and Sun Fish. No whale watching this week… And the Tagides group has not been spotted for 41 days.. So be aware of those party boats selling river cruises with dolphins, there haven’t been dolphins in the river.
For the bird watchers, we’ve seen: Cory’s Shearwater, Storm petrel, Northern Gannet, Balearic Shearwater, Great Skua, European shag and Great Shearwater.
All tours rated 3 stars on our scale
We had to travel an average of 72Km to find the dolphins and return, which took ~2h49 to cover it. On average we hosted 10 guests per dolphin watching tour and 2 seasickness cases, with one breakfast lost.
Sea state was on average sea state 1.
This following week we expect near perfect spotting conditions until Sunday 19th Even with good conditions in the afternoons from Wednesday 15th to Friday 17th .
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Weekly Update October #1

Ahoy, intrepid explorers! This past week has been great for dolphin sightings, and we’re excited to share the highlights with you! We are the most successful dolphin watching boat in Lisbon, with 33 months since the last failed ocean tour.
We sighted 1 dolphin species, the common dolphin. We also found harbour porpoises. No whale watching this week… And the Tagides group has not been spotted for 34 days.. So be aware of those party boats selling river cruises with dolphins, there haven’t been dolphins in the river.
For the bird watchers, we’ve seen: Cory’s Shearwater, Storm petrel, Northern Gannet, Great Skua and European shag.
All tours rated 4 stars on our scale
We had to travel an average of 71Km to find the dolphins and return, which took ~2h44 to cover it. On average we hosted 12 guests per dolphin watching tour and 0 seasickness cases but with the breakfast saved.
Sea state was on average sea state 0.
This following week we expect good spotting conditions except for Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th which seems to not meet the requirements to go out..
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Weekly Update September #3

Ahoy, intrepid explorers! This past week has been great for dolphin sightings, and we’re excited to share the highlights with you! We are the most successful dolphin watching boat in Lisbon, with 32 months since the last failed ocean tour. We found at least a second group in all but one of the dolphin tours.
We sighted 2 dolphin species, the common dolphin and bottlenose dolphins. We had 1 whale watching tour with Minke Whales. And the Tagides group has not been spotted for 20 days.. So be aware of those party boats selling river cruises with dolphins, there haven’t been dolphins in the river.
For the bird watchers, we’ve seen: Cory’s Shearwater, Storm petrel, Northern Gannet, Balearic Shearwater and Great Skua.
On average the tours rated 3.3 stars on our scale 1 tours had a rating of 4 3 tours had a rating of 3
We had to travel an average of 69Km to find the dolphins and return, which took ~2h47 to cover it. On average we hosted 8 guests per dolphin watching tour and 1 seasickness cases.
Sea state was on average sea state 0.
This following week we expect very good  spotting conditions Tuesday 23th and onward only with Sunday 28th and Monday 29th closed as ex-hurricane Gabrielle will likely land on mainland Portugal.
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Weekly Update September #2

Ahoy, intrepid explorers! This past week has been great for dolphin sightings, and we’re excited to share the highlights with you! We are the most successful dolphin watching boat in Lisbon, with 32 months since the last failed ocean tour. We found at least a second group in all dolphin tours.
We sighted 3 dolphin species, the common dolphin, bottlenose dolphins and 2 orca encounters! No whale watching this week… (yep orcas aren’t whales). And the Tagides group has not been spotted for 13 days.. So be aware of those party boats selling river cruises with dolphins, there haven’t been dolphins in the river.
For the bird watchers, we’ve seen: Cory’s Shearwater, Storm petrel, Northern Gannet, Balearic Shearwater and Great Skua.
On average the tours rated 4 stars on our scale 1 tours had a rating of 5 and 1 tours had a rating of 3
We had to travel an average of 81Km to find the dolphins and return, which took ~2h13 to cover it. On average we hosted 5 guests per dolphin watching tour and 1 seasickness cases.
Sea state was on average sea state 2.
This following week we expect near perfect spotting conditions the whole week! Sunday 21st might be the only day that isn’t good to go..
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Weekly Update September #1

Ahoy, intrepid explorers! This past week has been great for dolphin sightings, and we’re excited to share the highlights with you! We are the most successful dolphin watching boat in Lisbon, with 32 months since the last failed ocean tour. We found at least a second group in all dolphin tours.
We sighted 1 dolphin species, the common dolphin. We also found harbour porpoises. No whale watching this week… And the Tagides group has been spotted 1 times in the river.
For the bird watchers, we’ve seen: Cory’s Shearwater, Storm petrel, Northern Gannet, Balearic Shearwater and Great Skua.
All tours rated 3 stars on our scale
We had to travel an average of 69Km to find the dolphins and return, which took ~2h50 to cover it. On average we hosted 9 guests per dolphin watching tour and 0 seasickness cases.
Sea state was on average sea state 1.
This following week we expect poor sea conditions the whole week. We’ll likely have to close. Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th are the days that with a little improvement, we could go out. But Sunday 14th &onward seems to be the only days good enough for tours..
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Weekly Update August #3

Ahoy, intrepid explorers! This past week has been great for dolphin sightings, and we’re excited to share the highlights with you! We are the most successful dolphin watching boat in Lisbon, with 31 months since the last failed ocean tour. We found at least a second group in all but one of the dolphin tours.
We sighted 2 dolphin species, the common dolphin and bottlenose dolphins. We also found harbour porpoises and Sun Fish. No whale watching this week… And the Tagides group has been spotted 5 times in the river.
For the bird watchers, we’ve seen: Cory’s Shearwater, Storm petrel, Northern Gannet and Balearic Shearwater.
On average the tours rated 3.5 stars on our scale 2 tours had a rating of 4 2 tours had a rating of 3
We had to travel an average of 60Km to find the dolphins and return, which took ~2h41 to cover it. On average we hosted 11 guests per dolphin watching tour and 0 seasickness cases.
Sea state was on average sea state 1.
This following week we expect fair sea conditions for Sunday 24th and Monday 25th followed by poor sea conditions, as hurricane Erin will land in Europe, which should last at best until Friday 29th. We’ll likely cancel the tours for these days….
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Weekly Update August #2

Ahoy, intrepid explorers! This past week has been great for dolphin sightings, and we’re excited to share the highlights with you! We are the most successful dolphin watching boat in Lisbon, with 31 months since the last failed ocean tour. We found at least a second group in all but one of the dolphin tours.
We sighted 2 dolphin species, the common dolphin and bottlenose dolphins. We also found Sharks. No whale watching this week… And the Tagides group has been spotted 0 times in the river.
For the bird watchers, we’ve seen: Cory’s Shearwater, Storm petrel, Northern Gannet and Balearic Shearwater.
On average the tours rated 3.3 stars on our scale 2 tours had a rating of 4 4 tours had a rating of 3
We had to travel an average of 62Km to find the dolphins and return, which took ~2h51 to cover it. On average we hosted 11 guests per dolphin watching tour and 0 seasickness cases.
Sea state was on average sea state 1.
This following week we expect Very poor sea conditions. All tour will be cancelled until Thursday 21st After which mornings will have very good sea conditions!
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Weekly Update July #5

Ahoy, intrepid explorers! This past week has been great for dolphin sightings, and we’re excited to share the highlights with you! We are the most successful dolphin watching boat in Lisbon, with 31 months since the last failed ocean tour. We found at least a second group in all but one of the dolphin tours.
We sighted 2 dolphin species, the common dolphin and bottlenose dolphins. We also found harbour porpoises and Sun Fish. No whale watching this week… And the Tagides group has been spotted 6 times in the river.
For the bird watchers, we’ve seen: Cory’s Shearwater, Storm petrel, Northern Gannet and Balearic Shearwater.
On average the tours rated 3.3 stars on our scale 2 tours had a rating of 4 4 tours had a rating of 3
We had to travel an average of 64Km to find the dolphins and return, which took ~2h43 to cover it. On average we hosted 9 guests per dolphin watching tour and 0 seasickness cases.
Sea state was on average sea state 2.
This following week we expect very good sea conditions in the mornings. However, at this moment only Friday 8th and Sunday 10th onward have places available.
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Weekly Update July #4

Ahoy, intrepid explorers! This past week has been great for dolphin sightings, and we’re excited to share the highlights with you! We are the most successful dolphin watching boat in Lisbon, with 30 months since the last failed ocean tour. We found at least a second group in all dolphin tours.
We sighted 1 dolphin species, the common dolphin. No whale watching this week… And the Tagides group has been spotted 3 times in the river.
For the bird watchers, we’ve seen: Cory’s Shearwater, Storm petrel, Northern Gannet and Balearic Shearwater.
All tours rated 3 stars on our scale
We had to travel an average of 68Km to find the dolphins and return, which took ~1h56 to cover it. On average we hosted 9 guests per dolphin watching tour and 0 seasickness cases.
Sea state was on average sea state 3.
This following week we expect very good sea conditions in the mornings, with Wednesday 30th and Thursday 31st with the best sea conditions!

Weekly Update July #3

Ahoy, intrepid explorers! This past week has been great for dolphin sightings, and we’re excited to share the highlights with you! We are the most successful dolphin watching boat in Lisbon, with 30 months since the last failed ocean tour. We found at least a second group in all dolphin tours.
We sighted 2 dolphin species, the common dolphin and bottlenose dolphins. We also found harbour porpoises, Blue Fin Tuna. No whale watching this week… And the Tagides group has been spotted 3 times in the river.
For the bird watchers, we’ve seen: Cory’s Shearwater, Storm petrel, Northern Gannet, Balearic Shearwater and Sooty Shearwater.
On average the tours rated 3.6 stars on our scale 2 tours had a rating of 4 1 tours had a rating of 3
We had to travel an average of 72Km to find the dolphins and return, which took ~2h48 to cover it. On average we hosted 12 guests per dolphin watching tour and 2 seasickness cases.
Sea state was on average sea state 0.
This following week we expect poor sea conditions until the weekend, with Thursday 24th and Friday 25th with possibility of improvement. We’ll wait for closer forecast, but the river group has been around, making easier to spot dolphins during poor weather conditions.