Whale watching in Madeira - April 2022

We may consider April as the starting season for whales and dolphins in Madeira as it is from now until October that more species pass by this archipelago.

Week 17: From 25th of April to 1st of May 2022

Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus

Week 16: From 18th to 24th of April 2022

Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic Spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus

Week 15: From 11th to 17th of April 2022

Common Minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 14: From 4th to 10th of April 2022

Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris