Sea mammals around Madeira, April 2017

April can already be considered a good month for whale & dolphin watching, as long as the sea conditions are good... So let's see what this Easter month has to offer us:

Week 17: From 24th to 30th of April 2017
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked Common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 16: From 17th to 23rd of April 2017
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Short-beaked Common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 15: From 10th to 16th of April 2017
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Short-beaked Common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus

Week 14: From 3rd to 9th of April 2017
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked Common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba