Whalewatching records around Madeira, August 2026

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Week 35: From the 24th to the 30th of August 2026

Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 34: From the 17th to the 23rd of August 2026

Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Week 33: From the 10th to the 16th of August 2026

Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni

Week 32: From the 3rd to the 9th of August 2026

Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis