Weekly Update October #1

Ahoy, intrepid explorers! This past week was 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 48 moons (aye, 3 years and 9 months) with only 2 failed ocean tours. We found at least a second group in all dolphin tours.
This week’s sightings
      • 2 dolphin species spotted: common dolphin and bottlenose dolphin
      • No whale watching this week… but a Bryde’s whale is in the bay.
      • And the Tagides group has not been spotted for 27 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 and Common murre.
Tour stats

2 tours had a rating of 4 2 tours had a rating of 3

  • Average distance travelled: 12 leagues (aye, 66kms) round trip.
  • Average time at Sea: 3h00
  • Average souls per tour: 10 guests
  • Seasickness cases: 3 but with only one breakfast lost.
  • Average Sea state:  sea state 0.
Looking ahead
Next week brings very complex weather, but all days are good for morning tours exept for Friday the 9th which will be only possible in the afternoon or not at all. The best sea conditions are from Monday the 5th to Wednesday the 7th but with some chances of showers when we arrive back to the river.. Saturday the 10th stands out with quite good sea conditions, way better than Sunday the 11th 
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Weekly Update September #4

Ahoy, intrepid explorers! This past week was 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 48 moons (aye, 3 years and 9 months) with only 2 failed ocean tours. We found at least a second group in all dolphin tours.
This week’s sightings
For the bird watchers
We’ve seen: Cory’s Shearwater, Storm petrel, Northern Gannet, Balearic Shearwater, Great Skua and Puffin.
Tour stats

2 tours had a rating of 4 3 tours had a rating of 3

  • Average distance travelled: 12 leagues (aye, 67kms) round trip.
  • Average time at Sea: 2h51
  • Average souls per tour: 9 guests
  • Seasickness cases: 1 breakfast lost.
  • Average Sea state:  sea state 0.
Looking ahead
Next week brings amazing sea conditions for Monday the 28th definitely the day to book! Tuesday the 29th to Thursday the 1st. are definitely a no go due to high winds.. Friday the 2nd and Saturday the 3rd look the best days to go out, as Sunday the 4th an onward is looking a bit windy…
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Weekly Update September #3

Ahoy, intrepid explorers! This past week was 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 48 moons (aye, 3 years and 9 months) with only 2 failed ocean tours. We found at least a second group in all dolphin tours.
This week’s sightings

We also found harbour porpoise

      • No whale watching this week, but whales in the area, we just could find them..
      • 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 and Balearic Shearwater.
Tour stats
      • All tours rated 3 stars on our scale ***
      • Average distance travelled: 15 leagues (aye, 84kms) round trip.
      • Average time at Sea: 3h11
      • Average souls per tour: 8 guests
      • Seasickness cases: 0
      • Average Sea state:  sea state 0.
Looking ahead
Next week brings great sea conditions all the way until Tuesday the 29th, when the first Autumn storm lands on our coast.
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Weekly Update September #2

Ahoy, intrepid explorers! This past week was 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 47 moons (aye, 3 years and 8 months) with only 2 failed ocean tours. We found at least a second group in all but one of the dolphin tours.
This week’s sightings
For the bird watchers
We’ve seen: Cory’s Shearwater, Storm petrel and Northern Gannet.
Tour stats

1 tours had a rating of 5 5 tours had a rating of 3

  • Average distance travelled: 11 leagues (aye, 61kms) round trip.
  • Average time at Sea: 2h48
  • Average souls per tour: 9 guests
  • Seasickness cases: 1 but with the breakfast saved.
  • Average Sea state:  sea state 0.
Looking ahead
Next week brings Monday the 14th has the best sea conditions until the weekend, with near perfect spotting conditions. Poor sea conditions for the next days, Wednesday the 16th specially, which we already cancelled the tours. Sunday the 20th and onward the good weather settles once again for many days.
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Weekly Update August #4

Ahoy, intrepid explorers! This past week was 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 47 moons (aye, 3 years and 8 months) with only 2 failed ocean tours. We found at least a second group in all but one of the dolphin tours.
This week’s sightings

We also found harbour porpoises

For the bird watchers
We’ve seen: Cory’s Shearwater, Storm petrel, Northern Gannet and Great Skua.
Tour stats

1 tours had a rating of 4, 3 tours had a rating of 3

  • Average distance travelled: 11 leagues (aye, 64kms) round trip.
  • Average time at Sea: 2h46
  • Average souls per tour: 9 guests
  • Seasickness cases: 1 but with the breakfast saved.
  • Average Sea state:  sea state 0.
Looking ahead
Next week begins poor sea seas until Wednesday the 2nd when very good seas settle in for the rest of the week! Wind is only forecasted for Monday the 7th
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Weekly Update August #3

Ahoy, intrepid explorers! This past week was 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 47 moons (aye, 3 years and 8 months) with only 2 failed ocean tours. We found at least a second group in all dolphin tours.
This week’s sightings
      • 1 dolphin species spotted: common dolphin
      • No whale watching this week…
      • And the Tagides group has not been spotted for 15 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 and Northern Gannet.
Tour stats
      • All tours rated 3 stars on our scale ***
      • Average distance travelled: 10 leagues (aye, 56kms) round trip.
      • Average time at Sea: 2h40
      • Average souls per tour: 9 guests
      • Seasickness cases: 1
      • Average Sea state:  sea state 0.
Looking ahead
Next week begins rough… with the incoming storm Vitor(?) coming to our shores Tomorrow, Sunday the 23rd and still troubling Monday the 24th with rain, wind and waves. Tuesday the 25th should have the week’s best weather, followed by windy and rainy conditions for the following 2 days. Friday the 28th looks promising and the weekend it only needs the wind to soften a little. Specially with the Tagides in the river these days look well within reach. Better days shall come on Thursday the 3rd & onward.
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Weekly Update August #2

Ahoy, intrepid explorers! This past week was 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 46 moons (aye, 3 years and 8 months) with only 2 failed ocean tours.
This week’s sightings
      • 1 dolphin species spotted: common dolphin
      • No whale watching this week…
      • And the Tagides group has not been spotted for 8 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: and Northern Gannet.
Tour stats
      • All tours rated 3 stars on our scale ***
      • Average distance travelled: 10 leagues (aye, 57kms) round trip.
      • Average time at Sea: 2h35
      • Average souls per tour: 3 guests
      • Seasickness cases: 0.
      • Average Sea state:  sea state 2.
Looking ahead
Next week grants good seas until Wednesday the 19th. Thursday the 20th and Friday the 21st look too windy to venture into the ocean, may the Tagides be waiting in the river. Saturday the 22nd Sunday the 23rd may yet bring fair seas again.
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Weekly Update July #5

Ahoy, intrepid explorers! This past week was 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 46 moons (aye, 3 years and 7 months) with only 2 failed ocean tours. We found at least a second group in all but two of the dolphin tours.
This week’s sightings
For the bird watchers
We’ve seen: Cory’s Shearwater, Storm petrel, Northern Gannet and Balearic Shearwater.
Tour stats

1 tours had a rating of 4 6 tours had a rating of 3

  • Average distance travelled: 9 leagues (aye, 55kms) round trip.
  • Average time at Sea: 2h43
  • Average souls per tour: 8 guests
  • Seasickness cases: 2 but with the breakfast saved.
  • Average Sea state:  sea state 2.

 

Looking ahead
Next week brings poor sea conditions until the weekend, with Sunday the 9th having the best sea conditions of the week. The rest of the days will be totally dependant on the presence of the river group.
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Weekly Update July #4

Ahoy, intrepid explorers! This past week was 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 46 moons (aye, 3 years and 7 months) with only 2 failed ocean tours. We found at least a second group in 66% of the dolphin tours.

This week’s sightings
For the bird watchers
We’ve seen: Cory’s Shearwater, Northern Gannet and Balearic Shearwater.
Tour stats

2 tours had a rating of 4, 5 tours had a rating of 3

  • Average distance travelled: 9 leagues (aye, 53kms) round trip.
  • Average time at Sea: 2h42
  • Average souls per tour: 8 guests
  • Seasickness cases: 0.
  • Average Sea state:  sea state 1.

 

Looking ahead
Next week brings fair morning seas through Saturday the 1st. The weekend may bring winds stronger than we would wish, yet the river-folk should help us keep the tours going.
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Weekly Update July #3

Ahoy, intrepid explorers! This past week was 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 45 moons (aye, 3 years and 7 months) with only 2 failed ocean tours. We found at least a second group in all but two of the dolphin tours.

 

This week’s sightings
For the bird watchers
We’ve seen: Cory’s Shearwater, Northern Gannet, Balearic Shearwater and European shag.
Tour stats
  • On average the tours rated 3.4 stars on our scale ***
  • 1 tours had a rating of 5, 5 tours had a rating of 3
  • Average distance travelled: 11 leagues (aye, 64kms) round trip.
  • Average time at Sea: 2h42
  • Average souls per tour: 7 guests
  • Seasickness cases: 2 with 1 breakfast lost to the sea.
  • Average Sea state:  sea state 2.
Looking ahead
Next week brings fair sea conditions until Thursday the 23rd with Tuesday the 21st and Wednesday the 22nd with the best spotting conditions! From Saturday the 25th to Wednesday the 29th it seems tours will have to be restricted to the river. We’ll have to check the forecast closer to the these dates..
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