2026 April's whale watching records for Madeira

The passage of baleen whales by Madeira waters usually starts in April and it extends until October. As sea temperature starts to rise the common dolphin species in the winter become rarer in summer and vice-versa, so from now on we should watch less Common dolphins Delphinus delphis and more Spotted dolphins Stenella frontalis...

Week 18: From the 26th of April to the 3rd of May 2026
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 17: From the 20th to the 26th of April 2026
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus

Week 16: From the 13th to the 19th of April 2026
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 15: From the 6th to the 12th of April 2026
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus

Week 14: From the 30th of March to the 5th of April 2026
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba