Madeira Whale Watching

Whale watching in Madeira during April 2019

It is already April but it started as winter instead of spring with heavy rain and strong winds... This may have influenced the cetaceans and also the seabirds by Madeira coasts as there has been less numbers of seabirds and sea mammals around... Anyway, it has been a bit more difficult but we still find them:

Week 17: From 22nd to 28th of April 2019

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

Week 16: From 15th to 21st of April 2019

Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 15: From 8th to 14th of April 2019

Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

A common dolphin breaks the surface, showing a pale flank below its dark back.
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis · Photograph by Wind Birds

Week 14: From 1st to 7th of April 2019

Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus