Madeira Whale Watching

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

Two bottlenose dolphins surface apart in calm water with the coast behind them.
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus · Photograph by Wind Birds

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