Whalewatching around Madeira - July 2025

July started wind very strong winds, especially on the east side of Madeira which did not allow much whalewatching activity around there in the first week but in more protected sides of the island there were still good chances to spot these majestical cetaceans:

Week 31:  From the 28th of July to the 3rd of August 2025
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
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
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Week 30:  From the 21st to the 27th of July 2025
Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 29:  From the 14th to the 20th of July 2025
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 28:  From the 7th to the 13th of July 2025
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 27:  From the 30th of June to the 6th of July 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
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba