Madeira Whale Watching

Whale-watching in Madeira in June 2019

June, a summer month which normally brings baleen whales close to Madeira coasts and good temperatures, both air and sea, so nothing better than joining a whale-watching trip while visiting this island!

Week 26: From 24th to 30th of June 2019

Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni

Week 25: From 17th to 23rd of June 2019

Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus

Week 24: From 10th to 16th of June 2019

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
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni

An Atlantic spotted dolphin leaps sideways above the waves, with an island on the horizon.
Atlantic Spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis · Photograph by Wind Birds

Week 23: From 3rd to 9th of June 2019

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