Cetaceans visiting Madeira, December 2023

As the sea temperature remains a bit warmer than usual, Christmas' whale watching reports are a bit more diversified in terms of whales and dolphins species than past years!

Week 52: From the 25th to the 31st of December 2023
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris

Week 51: From the 18th to the 24th of December 2023
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 50: From the 11th to the 17th of December 2023
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris

Week 49: From the 4th to the 10th of December 2023
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus