Dolphins & whales around Madeira, February 2025

Another winter month which usually does not bring many cetacean species to the ocean around Madeira archipelago but...we never know!

Week 9: From the 24th February to the 2nd of March 2025

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
False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 8: From the 17th to the 23rd of February 2025

Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis

Week 7: From the 10th to the 16th of February 2025

Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 6: From the 3rd to the 9th of February 2025

Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba