Cetaceans in Madeira archipelago - August 2023

Not only the air temperature is higher than usual as the ocean water as well, and these are the perfect conditions for some tropical storms... So let's hope for the best and try to do our share in stopping global warming!

Week 35: From the 28th of August to the 3rd of September 2023
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
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
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Week 34: From the 21st to the 27th of August 2023
Northern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 33: From the 14th to the 20th of August 2023
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
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris

Week 32: From the 7th to the 13th of August 2023
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Week 31: From the 31st f July to the 6th of August 2023
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
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