Whalewatching around Madeira in February 2020

February started as a spring month and not as winter, with warmer temperatures than normally. Although winter is not the best season for whale and dolphin watching, these warmer temperatures may attract some not so common visitant species to the archipelago.

Week 8: From 17th to 23rd February 2020

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

Week 7: From 10th to 16th February 2020

Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Week 6: From 3rd to 9th February 2020

False Killer whale Pseudorca crassidens
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis