May 2025 whale watching records for Madeira

Finally some spring weather arrived with May and also some smooth ocean to facilitate whale and dolphins encounters! May is usually good for cetaceans to pass by on their migratory routes, so let's see which ones will get close to Madeira!

Week 22:  From the 26th of May to the 1st of June 2025
Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 21:  From the 19th to the 25th of May 2025
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
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
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 20:  From the 12th to the 18th of May 2025
Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps
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
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 19:  From the 5th to the 11th of May 2025
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus

Week 18:  From the 28th of April to the 4th of May 2025
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba