Madeira whalewatching - July 2023

July, as a summer month the whale-watching sightings tend to increase due to the bigger number of boats on the ocean though this year baleen whales are not staying in Madeira waters for long as they used to stay some summers before...

Week 30: From the 24th to the 30th of July 2023
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Sowerby's beaked whale Mesoplodon bidens
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni

Week 29: From the 17th to the 23rd of July 2023
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima
Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Week 28: From the 10th to the 16th of July 2023
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 27: From the 3rd to the 9th of July 2023
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus