Whale watching sightings around Madeira, August 2024

As the ocean temperature keeps rising it might bring or push away some different species of cetaceans around Madeira archipelago. This month there were sightings of Pantropical spotted dolphin Stenella attenuata which were very rare to Madeira, while Bryde's whales which used to be common around summer are a bit more scarce...

Week 34: From the 26th of August to the 1st of September 2024

Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 33: From the 19th to the 25th of August 2024

Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 32: From the 12th to the 18th of August 2024

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

Week 31: From the 5th to the 11th of August 2024

Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Sowerby's beaked whale Mesoplodon bidens
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Pantropical spotted dolphin Stenella attenuata
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 30: From the 23rd of July to the 4th of August 2024

Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Pantropical spotted dolphin Stenella attenuata
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Sowerby's beaked whale Mesoplodon bidens
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Killer whale Orcinus orca
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus