Madeira Whale Watching

June 2018 whalewatching observations around Madeira

Finally warmer weather arrived to Madeira and with it the cetacean species we normally watch on summer months!

Seabirds gather above a surfacing Bryde’s whale, with Madeira’s coastal slopes behind them.
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni and Cory's shearwaters Calonectris borealis · Photograph by Wind Birds

Week 25: From 25th of June to 1st of July 2018

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

Week 24: From 18th to 24th of June 2018

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 23: From 11th to 17th of June 2018

Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni

Week 22: From 4th to 10th of June 2018

Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
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
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis