Madeira Whale Watching

Whale & dolphin watching in Madeira - November 2017

November is here but the cetaceans species observed are just about the same ones we have been watching in summer time. Just another reason to visit Madeira and join Wind Birds on a whalewatching trip!

Week 48: From 27th November to 3rd December 2017

Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked Common dolphin Delphinus delphis

A sperm whale lifts its tail above foaming water, with coastal buildings beyond.
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus · Photograph by Wind Birds

Week 47: From 20th to 26th November 2017

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

Week 46: From 13th to 19th November 2017

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

Week 45: From 6th to 12th November 2017

Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalisSperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 44: From 30th October to 5th November 2017

Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalisSperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni