February 2022 - whale & dolphin sightings around Madeira

February is another winter month in Madeira which brings us cooler temperatures both air and sea water and windy days which are not the best ocean conditions to look out for whales and dolphins!

Week 8: From 21st to 27th February 2022
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

Week 7: From 14th to 20th February 2022
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic Spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Week 6: From 7th to 13th February 2022
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
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni

Week 5: From 31st of January to 6th February 2022
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Atlantic Spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis