Dolphin & whale watching around Madeira in August 2020
August is showing a bit more demand in whale watching trips around Madeira though nothing compared with previous years... Despite this, the sea mammals are the ones that keep visiting the waters around this archipelago:
Week 38: From 17th to 23rd August 2020
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
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 37: From 10th to 16th August 2020
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima
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
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Week 36: From 3rd to 9th August 2020
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
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
Join Madeira Wildlife Monthly Newsletter. All the updates on your email every month.