Whale watching in Madeira, September 2018

September is normally a very good month for whale watching. Sea temperature is between 23º and 24ºC and it is the start of a migration season so normally we get some cetacean species passing by Madeira waters.

Week 38: From 24th to 30th September 2018
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
False Killer whale Pseudorca crassidens
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Week 37: From 17th to 23rd September 2018
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Week 36: From 10th to 16th September 2018
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni

Atlantic Spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Week 35: From 3rd to 9th September 2018
Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis