It was a great day with moderately flat sea and a super whale spotter Antero, that found 3 Large Sei Whales from land, at 15 nautical miles. These beauties kept moving, towards southwest so when we got there, Faial and Pico were amazingly small. These animals ranged from 12 to 16 meters, and were transiting, at some moments separated from each other, or moving more erracticaly, as if they were foraging for fish. Our skipper was collecting the images as well, so the photograph

Day of Big Swell and lovely sun! The sea was moving and the crew was confident. The Spotter from the North call us for a pod of medium size females so there we went. First stop in Madalena Pico, time to appreciate the Ilhéu Deitado and Ilhéu em Pé, the protected islets in front of the harbour. Crossing the channel towards north of Faial, and there we were, after a great trip. The animals were not easy to approach, as the large swell made the observation more difficult, althou

Such a great evening hiking with Hadar, Mark and Beth through the endemic Macaronesian Laurel forest of the Azores towards the volcanic terrain of the 1957 Capelinhos. The Lorenzo Hurricane had passed just one week before, on the 3rd Oct, on of the Hurricanes we have each 30 to 50 years affecting the region. So we inspected the erosion impacts from the 180km/h winds and huge waves. We took some time exploring the photographic aspects of the sediment marks from water and wind