Dolphinwatching & whalewatching, Madeira, May 2017

May started with some rough seas from the West quadrant which makes it more difficult to spot whales or dolphins but in the calmer days we could still observe some species:

Week 21: From 22nd to 28th of May 2017
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Short-beaked Common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Monk seal Monachus monachus - observed on the East tip of Madeira (Caniçal)

Week 20: From 15th to 21st of May 2017
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked Common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Week 19: From 8th to 14th of May 2017
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

Week 18: From 1st to 7th of May 2017
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