From the ocean
Whale and dolphin sightings from our trips around Madeira.
May this be a good month for whale watching around Madeira! May is usually the start of the marine mammals season around Madeira though this year it started in April with quite a good number of different cetacean species passing by these waters. W…
Read moreApril tends to bring some unusual whale species closer to the coast of Madeira... Let's see which whales and dolphins will come for Easter time! Week 17: From the 24th to the 30th of April 2023 Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus Fin whale Balaenopte…
Read moreSpring starts in March and with it, usually, several species of cetaceans visit Madeira coast... Week 13: From the 27th of March to the 2nd of April 2023 Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus Sperm whale Physeter macroce…
Read moreAnother winter month though temperatures in Madeira are not really showing it... Let's see which whales & dolphins' species visit Madeira this these mild weather: Week 8: From the 20th to the 26th…
Read moreHappy New Year! We wish all nature's beings a healthy, natural and happy life! Week 4: From the 23rd to the 29th of January 2023 Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiop…
Read moreDecember is not a very diversified month in terms of cetacean species around Madeira archipelago but this year things were different and we even got a Humpback whale visiting us for this Christmas month! Week 52: From the 26th of December 2022 to…
Read moreNovember is no longer the best season for cetaceans but as long as the weather and sea conditions as favourable it is still possible to find some species of marine mammals around Madeira. Week 47: From the 21st to the 27th of November 2022 Sperm w…
Read moreOctober is the last good month of the whale watching season! Winter is not so good for the cetacean species that usually pass through Madeira. Between November and April the number of marine mammal species observed around Madeira archipelago decre…
Read moreSeptember tends to be a good month for whale watching in Madeira as part of the migration season... Let's see which sea mammals species will swim around Madeira coast: Week 39: From the 26th of September to the 2nd of October2022 Striped dolphin S…
Read moreHigh season for tourism rises the observation effort for dolphins and whales all around the archipelago... Week 34: From 22nd to the 28th of August 2022 Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni Sperm whale Physeter macrocep…
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