Madeira Whale Watching

Whale watching in Madeira, June 2021

Finally back to some normality after all these months of pandemic... The best thing to acknowledge is that the cetaceans world looks to be healthy and they are still visiting Madeira archipelago waters.

Week 25: From 21st to 27th June 2021

Killer whale Orcinus orca
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni

Two bottlenose dolphins are airborne at different angles, one showing its pale underside.
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus · Photograph by Wind Birds

Week 24: From 14th to 20th June 2021

Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 23: From 7th to 13th June 2021

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

Week 22: From 31st May to 6th June 2021

Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus