When we encounter a school of dolphins or whales, first of all we will try to find out what they are doing. Are they looking for food, hunting or feeding, travelling or do they even come closer to our boat? Respectful whale watching means to adapt to the particular situation and adjust our sailing manner to the animals’ behaviour.

It is very important to us not to disturb the animals with our boat but to watch them in their natural habitat. Often, they seek to get closer to us and the boat and even ride in the bow wave.

Sometimes though, they make it clear to us that we are not welcome and then we have to sail on, enjoy the ocean itself or we might even meet a different group of cetaceans. Surely we do influence the animals’ behaviour if we are close by with our boat. To keep this influence as subtle as possible we drive our boat according to the Canary legal regulations and to our best knowledge and belief, our intuition and many years of experience.