Madeira Whale Watching

Whalewatching in Madeira, July 2020

Madeira is slowly resuming its tourism and the whale watching trips are running though still with a small demand as not many tourists are willing to fly in these pandemic times... Fortunately in what regards to cetacean species the offer is still quite attractive!

Week 35: From 27th July to 2nd August 2020

Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
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

Week 34: From 20th to 26th July 2020

Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

An Atlantic spotted dolphin skims above the sea, with spray trailing from its tail.
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis · Photograph by Wind Birds

Week 33: From 13th to 19th July 2020

Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni

Week 32: From 5th to 12th July 2020

Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris