Madeira Whale Watching

Whale and dolphin watching in Madeira, November 2018

November started with some windy days and rough sea which are not the optimal conditions to find cetaceans. Anyway, there are always some dolphins or whales species around Madeira, we just need to be lucky enough to find them!

Week 47: From 26th of November to 2nd December 2018

Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

A bottlenose dolphin surfaces in profile against the distant coastline.
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus · Photograph by Wind Birds

Week 46: From 19th to 25th of November 2018

Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Killer whale Orcinus orca
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 45: From 12th to 18th of November 2018

Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis

Week 44: From 5th to 11th of November 2018

Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus

Week 43: From 29th October to 4th of November 2018

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