Cetacean's sightings around Madeira - November 2025

In November, as the ocean water starts to cool down, the number of marine mammal species passing through Madeira archipelago start to decrease as well...

Week 48: From the 17th to the 23rd of November 2025

Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus

Week 47: From the 17th to the 23rd of November 2025

Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus

Week 46: From the 10th to the 16th of November 2025

Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris

Week 45: From the 3rd to the 9th of November 2025

Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba