Whale & dolphin watching in Madeira, March 2017

March represents the arrival of the Spring and with it more species of whales and dolphins start to visit Madeira waters.

Week 13: From 27th of March to 2nd of April 2017
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Short-beaked Common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus

Week 12: From 20th to 26th of March 2017
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
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

Week 11: From 13th to 19th of March 2017
Short-beaked Common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus

Week 10: From 6th to 12th of March 2017
Short-beaked Common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 9: From 27th February to 5th of March 2017
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Common Minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked Common dolphin Delphinus delphis