October 2018 - whale & dolphin sightings around Madeira

October is still a warm month regarding sea temperatures and is also a very good month for whalewatching as many cetacean species are migrating and some of them pass close to Madeira archipelago.

Week 42: From 22nd to 28th October 2018

Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 41: From 15th to 21st October 2018

Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus

Week 40: From 8th to 14th October 2018

Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Week 39: From 1st to 7th October 2018

Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus