November 2023 whalewatching records, Madeira

November, as an autumn month, makes the cetacean move southwards and so we do not expect to watch much diversity of sea mammal species around Madeira.

Week 48: From the 27th of November to the 3rd of December 2023
Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 47: From the 20th to the 26th of November 2023
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris

Week 46: From the 13th to the 19th of November 2023
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 45: From the 6th to the 12th of November 2023
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 44: From the 30th of October to the 5th of November 2023
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis