Whale watching around Madeira deep waters in February 2019

February was warmer than usual and although that is a bad sign of global warming, everyone was happy with the sunny and warm days, even some baleen whales came around!

Week 9: From 25th February to 3rd March 2019

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

Week 8: From 18th to 24th of February 2019

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

Week 7: From 11th to 17th of February 2019

Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus
Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus

Week 6: From 4th to 10th of February 2019

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