Whale watching in Madeira, June 2024

Summer is about to start and Madeira is a great destination for whalewatching at this time of year as not only tourists like to visit the island but also more cetacean species pass by these waters! So, let's see which marine mammals will visit us:

Week 25: From the 24th to the 30th of June 2024
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps
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 24: From the 17th to the 23rd of June 2024
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Week 23: From the 10th to the 16th of June 2024
Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 22: From the 3rd to the 9th of June 2024
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima