Cetaceans around Madeira for Christmas holidays 2018

The first week of December was the warmest of the last 50 Decembers and throughout the month temperature did not go below 16ºC for air temperature and 19ºC at sea. Inviting conditions for both people and cetaceans to spend Christmas and New Year in Madeira! Happy holidays!

Week 51: From 24th to 30th of December 2018
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 50: From 17th to 23rd of December 2018
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 49: From 10th to 16th of December 2018
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis

Week 48: From 3rd to 9th of December 2018
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis