Whalewatching sightings around Madeira, October 2026

One may say October is the end of the season for whale watching around Madeira archipelago as the number os cetacean species decreases significantly in the winter months.

Week 41: From the 5th to the 8th of October 2026

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

Week 40: From the 28th of September to the 4th of October 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
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps