Charter and fishing trips
Sport Fishing Madeira
Charter and fishing trips · Funchal, Madeira
The vessel Balancal out of Funchal, describing itself as a big game and deep sea charter, and running a shorter bottom fishing trip for people who want to fish rather than to hunt a marlin.
Half-day and full-day private big-game charters for blue marlin, tuna and wahoo, and — separately — a four-hour trip over reefs and drop-offs for local species. The operator's own words for the two are "big game and deep sea" and "bottom fishing", which is worth recording because those are the phrases a visiting angler searches with and they are almost never the phrases a listing writes.
THE SECOND TRIP TYPE IS THE ONE WORTH NOTICING. Almost everything published about fishing Madeira is about grander blue marlin, which is a specialist, expensive and highly seasonal proposition. A four-hour reef trip is what most visitors actually want and it is the part of the island's fishing that is nearly invisible in English-language sources. That the operator advertises both from the same boat is a fact about the island's geography: Madeira's shelf is so narrow that reef ground and blue water are minutes apart.
The boat leaves from the Funchal waterfront, at the Praça do Povo end of the Avenida do Mar.
What they cover: Sea fishing, Lure fishing.
How you book: Charter the whole boat, Book in advance.
Trips the operator advertises:
- Half-day private big-game charters.
- Full-day private big-game charters.
- Four-hour trips over reef and drop-off ground.
Where it fishes: Offshore Madeiran water for big game, and the reefs and drop-offs along the island's southern coast for the shorter trips, on the operator's own account.
Permitted fishery: Atlantic bluefin tuna may only be targeted under a permit or programme run by a fisheries authority. This listing records that the operator advertises the trip. It is not a check that the operator holds a current permit, and FishingHQ does not hold the permit register. The rules for each UK jurisdiction are set out on the atlantic bluefin tuna page.
Praça do Povo, Avenida do Mar, 9000-900 Funchal
Checked against the operator's own information — Somebody read this operator's own current information on the date shown. It is the strongest thing this site can say, and it is still not a guarantee that they are open today. Last checked 2026-08-29.
The operator's own site was read on 29 August 2026 and gives a named vessel, a street address on the Funchal waterfront, two classes of trip with durations, two phone numbers and an email address.
Where it fits
Only the harbours, destinations, methods and fish this business connects itself to in what it publishes. Each link goes to FishingHQ’s own guide, not to the operator.
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How it fishes
What it names as targets
The operator’s own list. Not a promise of any fish on any day.
How this was checked
Last checked 2026-08-29: the operator's own website was read.
No second, independent check has been recorded for this business.
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Charter and fishing trips · Madeira
Checked against the operator's own information, last checked 2026-08-29.