Whale & dolphin watching in Madeira, June 2026

June started quite windy in the East and Eest tips of Madeira which makes it difficult to spot the sea mammals in rough ocean... But the second half of June has been much calmer allowing some great whalewatching experiences!

Week 26: From the 22nd to the 28th of June 2026
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Short-beaked Common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 25: From the 15th to the 21st of June 2026
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Killer whale Orcinus orca
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
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni

Week 24: From the 8th to the 14th of June 2026
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
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 23: From the 1st to the 7th of June 2026
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
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