Whale watching in Madeira, September 2021
September is a month of wildlife migration and cetaceans are no different. Let's see what the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean around Madeira will attract... Week 39: From 27th Sep to 3rd October…
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Whale Watching Trip Reports
Whale and dolphin sightings from our trips around Madeira.
Whale & dolphin watching around Madeira in August 2021
August is that time of the year when every mammal likes to swim as the sea water is warmer! And some cetacean species are the same, they just search for warmer waters! In Madeira sea temperature is around 23ºC which makes it pleasant to swim in th…
Read moreDolphin & whale watching around Madeira - July 2021
July, as a summer month and with sea temperature around Madeira above 22ºC, normally attracts several species of cetaceans. Although the wind was blowing stronger than usual in the first 2 weeks these are the species that were spotted around the i…
Read moreWhale watching in Madeira, June 2021
Finally back to some normality after all these months of pandemic... The best thing to acknowledge is that the cetaceans world looks to be healthy and they are still visiting Madeira archipelago waters. Week 25: From 21st to 27th June 2021 Killer…
Read moreDolphin & whale watching around Madeira in August 2020
August is showing a bit more demand in whale watching trips around Madeira though nothing compared with previous years... Despite this, the sea mammals are the ones that keep visiting the waters around this archipelago: Week 38: From 17th to 23rd…
Read moreWhalewatching in Madeira, July 2020
Madeira is slowly resuming its tourism and the whale watching trips are running though still with a small demand as not many tourists are willing to fly in these pandemic times... Fortunately in what regards to cetacean species the offer is still…
Read moreWhale & dolphin watching in quarantine... Mar, Apr, Mai, Jun 2020
The last 4 moths have been quite boring for the cetaceans around Madeira as they had no boats to play with. But they were not the only ones bored with all this SARS-Cov-2 situation. Even looking out from land was not as successful as when we are r…
Read moreWhalewatching around Madeira in February 2020
February started as a spring month and not as winter, with warmer temperatures than normally. Although winter is not the best season for whale and dolphin watching, these warmer temperatures may attract some not so common visitant species to the a…
Read moreCetaceans visiting Madeira in January 2020
Happy New Year! And hopefully it will be happy in terms of marine wildlife visiting Madeira, although climate change may play a big role on it... It has been a weird winter with dramatic changes in temperature from one week to another but fortunat…
Read moreCetaceans around Madeira for festive season, December 2019
December is not an easy month for whale and dolphin watching trips, not only sue to sea conditions but also because it is the lowest tourist season in Madeira, except for the last week, between Christmas and New Year! Anyway, there is always someo…
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