Madeira Whale Watching

Whalewatching around Madeira, November 2019

We might consider November the start of the winter season as weather and sea conditions are normally not so favourable for sea trips and consequently, to spot whales or dolphins at the ocean. But there are always some species around:

Week 48: From 25th November to 1st December 2019

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

An Atlantic spotted dolphin clears the water in a low leap, showing its mottled side.
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis · Photograph by Wind Birds

Week 47: From 18th to 24th of November 2019

False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni

Week 46: From 11th to 17th of November 2019

Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 45: From 4th to 10th of November 2019

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