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# Responsible Whale & Dolphin Watching Speedboat Tour from Funchal

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## Identity

- **Listing title**: Responsible Whale & Dolphin Watching Speedboat Tour from Funchal
- **URL slug**: responsible-whale-dolphin-watching-speedboat-tour-from-funchal
- **Course id**: 75487
- **Centre id**: 75197

## Short summary

Responsible whale and dolphin watching tour from Funchal with marine biologist and small groups. Ethical wildlife viewing. From €49.

## Classification

- **Sports / activities**: Power Boating
- **Experience levels**: Taster
- **Course categories**: Family-Friendly, Guides & Tours
- **Regions**: Madeira
- **Subregions**: Madeira
- **Countries**: Portugal


## Location

- **Address (as provided)**: Marina do Funchal
- **Coordinates**: 32.6465908, -16.9064492 (WGS84)

## Pricing (catalog; not a quote)

- **Amount shown in catalog**: 49
- **Currency (inferred from symbol)**: EUR
- **Currency symbol (raw)**: €

## Operator / provider

- **Centre / provider name**: _Not linked in catalog._
- **Review aggregate**: _Not available in catalog payload._

## Session details (when present)

- **Duration label**: —
- **Length (days)**: —
- **Length (hours)**: —
- **Min age**: 6
- **Max class size**: —
- **Min group**: —
- **Cancellation policy (summary)**: Custom
- **Booking type (label)**: —

## What’s included / kit / extras (plain text excerpts)

### Highlights
A small-group wildlife experience designed around ethical viewing and marine research support. Travel offshore on a fast, manoeuvrable speedboat with a marine biologist onboard, focusing on respectful encounters with Madeira’s resident and migratory cetaceans. 🕒 Key Details Duration: 2 hours Maximum group size: 18 participants Minimum age: 6 years Departure point: Funchal Marina (Gate 4) Sighting rate: Approx. 99% 🌊 What to Expect After check-in at the marina (arrive at least 20 minutes before departure), you’ll receive a safety and wildlife briefing before heading offshore on a high-speed vessel. The boat’s performance allows quick travel to active areas, guided by land-based professional spotters who monitor cetacean movements in real time. Once animals are located, the skipper adjusts speed and positioning to observe them without disturbing natural behaviour. A marine biologist provides live interpretation throughout the trip, explaining species identification, behaviour patterns, and conservation measures in place around Madeira. Sightings may include bottlenose dolphins, common dolphins, spotted dolphins, pilot whales, sperm whales, and seasonally fin or Bryde’s whales. The focus is observation only — no feeding, chasing, or disruptive practices. Each trip supports ongoing marine awareness and responsible tourism principles, ensuring the experience remains sustainable as well as informative. 📍 Location The tour departs directly from Funchal Marina, centrally located and within walking distance of many hotels. Boarding is straightforward and organised to ensure timely departures. Madeira’s deep offshore waters lie close to the coastline, creating ideal conditions for year-round whale and dolphin sightings. Routes vary depending on wildlife activity and sea conditions on the day. ✅ Prerequisites No previous experience is required. Participants must be comfortable on a moving boat in open water. This tour is not recommended for pregnant travellers or individuals with serious back or heart conditions. The vessel is not wheelchair accessible. ⭐ Why Choose Us With a maximum of 18 passengers, the trip avoids the crowding common on large catamarans. The smaller format allows clearer viewing lines, closer interpretation from the guide, and more responsive manoeuvring offshore. Ethical wildlife practices are central to every tour. Collaboration with land-based spotters reduces unnecessary searching, limiting fuel use and disturbance while increasing sightin…

### Essential information
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### What’s included
Marine biologist guide Land-based professional spotters Life jackets All fees and taxes

### What’s not included
Hotel transfers Food and drinks

### Kit list
_None._

## FAQs

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