Whales & dolphins visiting Madeira in August 2017

August started very windy, specially on the tips of the island and at the airport where a lot of flights could not land and were diverged to other airports. Luckily cetaceans are underwater and so the wind does not affect them much! However it does affect the whale-watching trips and the chances to spot sea mammals on such difficult sea conditions...

Week 35: From 28th of August to 3rd of September 2017

Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
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

Week 34: From 21st to 27th of August 2017

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
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis

Week 33: From 14th to 20th of August 2017

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

Week 32: From 7th to 13th of August 2017

Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Short-beaked Common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni

Week 31: From 31st of July to 6th of August 2017

Sei whale Balaenoptera edeni
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
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
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris