March 2023 - whale watching sightings around Madeira

Spring starts in March and with it, usually, several species of cetaceans visit Madeira coast...

Week 13: From the 27th of March to the 2nd of April 2023

Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Killer whale Orcinus orca
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 12: From the 20th to the 26th of March 2023

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

Week 11: From the 13th to the 19th of March 2023

Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 10: From the 6th to the 12th of March 2023

Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis

Week 9: From the 27th of February to the 5th of March 2023

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