famiglianoleggio Dolphin Watching

Make your day unique, without stress and thoughts, relying on our skippers who with sympathy and professionalism will lead you to the discovery of the wonderful dolphins, illustrating their characteristics and habits. Capo Figari and Golfo Aranci. Near the island of Figarolo there is a fish farming plant, where, in huge cages, sea bass and sea bream are reared in large quantities. The presence of these fish attracts dolphins in search of food.

Navigating near the island and the plant, the chances of sighting dolphins are very high.

DEPARTURE FROM SOS ARANZOS – GOLFO ARANCI

Dolphins in history

Engravings, ceramics and writings are evidence of how these animals were known to man since the plantic times. The oldest engraving dates back to over 4000 years ago and depicts an orca. For most of the Mediterranean civilizations dolphins have always been considered sacred, for the Greeks the killing of a specimen was compared to a murder. In any case, their representations were always good wishes and were also impressed in numerous coins. In some populations, dolphins were compared to female deities. There is also a constellation of the dolphin, following the legend that tells of how a dolphin helped the God Poseidon in the courtship of the beautiful Amphitrite. Dolphins have therefore always been attributed special powers because they are capable of establishing a particular relationship with humans, also by virtue of their proverbial “intelligence”.

Where does she live

Cosmopolitan species, it is present in all temperate and tropical oceans and seas of the world. In the Mediterranean area it is the most common cetacean species in the continental shelf, with a discontinuous and fragmented distribution in small units. Key areas for the distribution of this species are the Alboran Sea, the Balearics, the Spanish coast, the Adriatic, the stretch of sea between Tunisia, the Pelagie and Malta, the Aegean, the coastal areas of Turkey and the Algeria and, probably, the Middle Eastern portion of the Mediterranean. Furthermore, the coastal areas of north-eastern Sardinia and southern Corsica are also of considerable importance, particularly as nursery areas. The movements of bottlenose dolphins living offshore are little studied, but they seem to be related to the diet which includes migratory species of fish and squid. In some areas of northern Europe, such as Scotland, there are marked seasonal fluctuations in the number of people living in residential areas. In the Mediterranean area, only the coastal ecotype is present, although genetic studies show that the Mediterranean bottlenose dolphin population is closer to the pelagic ecotype that lives in the Atlantic Ocean. Surely the distribution of prey species and the wide distribution of this species mean that it can frequent both habitats, even if it is more closely linked to coastal environments.