Whale & dolphin watching around Madeira, March 2025

March should be the beginning of spring but this year winter imposed itself and lasted longer... It was not easy to whalewatch this month due to the strong winds and rough ocean during many days of this month.

Week 13: From the 24th to the 30th of March 2025
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni

Week 12: From the 17th to the 23rd of March 2025
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis

Week 11: From the 10th to the 16th of March 2025
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus

Week 10: From the 3rd to the 9th of March 2025
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus