Madeira's whalewatching sightings in March 2026

March means spring but this year, in Madeira it looks like winter is not yet ready to leave... Let's hope whales and dolphins don't really care about the weather above sea level!

Week 13: From the 23rd to the 29th of March 2026

Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus

Week 12: From the 16th to the 22nd of March 2026

Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 11: From the 9th to the 15th of March 2026

Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
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
Killer whale Orcinus orca
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 10: From the 2nd to the 8th of March 2026

Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis