2023 May whalewatching be successful around Madeira!

May this be a good month for whale watching around Madeira! May is usually the start of the marine mammals season around Madeira though this year it started in April with quite a good number of different cetacean species passing by these waters.

Week 21: From the 22nd to the 28th of May 2023
Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 20: From the 15th to the 21st of May 2023
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Killer whale Orcinus orca
Pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps
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 19: From the 8th to the 14th of May 2023
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus

Week 18: From the 1st to the 7th of May 2023
Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus
Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
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