December 2025 marine mammal records for Madeira

Winter is definitely not the best time for whale watching! Not only the weather and sea conditions influence the trips and sightings as there are less number of cetacean species passing by Madeira waters.

Week 52: From the 22nd to the 28th of December 2025

Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus

Week 51: From the 15th to the 21th of December 2025

Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus

Week 50: From the 8th to the 14th of December 2025

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

Week 49: From the 1st to the 7th of December 2025

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