Madeira Whale Watching

May 2022 - dolphin watching around Madeira

May... we get a good season for whale watching in Madeira and may the cetaceans have a better ocean to live in!

Week 21: From 23rd to 29th of May 2022

Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic Spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 20: From 16th to 22nd of May 2022

Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Killer whale Orcinus orca
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

An Atlantic spotted dolphin clears the water in a low leap, showing its mottled side.
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis · Photograph by Wind Birds

Week 19: From 9th to 15th of May 2022

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

Week 18: From 2nd to 8th of May 2022

Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
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
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba