Dolphins & whales around Madeira, October 2025

After a summer with lack of small fish around the island, let's see if this month some more baleen whales will pass by on their migration...

Week 41: From the 6th to the 12th of October 2025
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
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 40: From the 29th of September to the 5th of October 2025
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus