2026, May dolphins & whales visit Madeira

May... the force of nature be with you! May is a powerful month in terms of nature as one can feel that Spring has settled in - birds displaying, flowers blooming and more ocean creatures coming to life!

Week 22: From the 25th to the 31st of May 2026
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni

Week 21: From the 18th to the 24th of May 2026
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Week 20: From the 11th to the 17th of May 2026
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 19: From the 4th to the 10th of May 2026
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
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