Whale & dolphin watching around Madeira in August 2021

August is that time of the year when every mammal likes to swim as the sea water is warmer! And some cetacean species are the same, they just search for warmer waters! In Madeira sea temperature is around 23ºC which makes it pleasant to swim in the ocean!

Week 34: From 23rd to 29th August 2021
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
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
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic Spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 33: From 16th to 22nd August 2021
Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Gervais' beaked whale Mesoplodon europaeus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic Spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Mediterranean Monk Seal Monachus monachus

Week 32: From 9th to 15th August 2021
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
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
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Atlantic Spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis

Week 31: From 2nd to 8th August 2021
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
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
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic Spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba