Whalewatching around Madeira, September 2023

As the sea water keeps warming up towards the end of the summer it might attract some uncommon species of dolphins or whales, or maybe it is too warm?!? So, with sea temperature at 25ºC let's see which marine mammals will pass by Madeira archipelago during September 2023:

Week 39: From the 25th of September to the 1st of October 2023
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 38: From the 18th to the 24th of September 2023
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 37: From the 11th to the 17th of September 2023
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus

Week 36: From the 4th to the 10th of September 2023
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus