Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 15, 2020 16:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 10

South of Kitterland

Phill m
June 15, 2020 16:15 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 3

Outside Port Erin bay

Nina & Dermot Shimmin
June 15, 2020 12:15 Risso’s Dolphin 6 0 Normal swimming 240

Port St Mary to Warts bank (south of the Calf)

Steve Wright, Alexander and Geoff and Jane Cork
June 14, 2020 19:20 Harbour Porpoise 1 1 Feeding or foraging 10

Castletown Bay

Lindsay Rowe
June 14, 2020 16:20 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Off Niarbyl

Nina & Dermot Shimmin
June 13, 2020 15:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 5

Blue Point

Mick
June 10, 2020 10:50 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Derbyhaven breakwater

Liz Charter
June 9, 2020 12:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 15

Blue Point

Nick Pinder
June 9, 2020 10:00 Risso’s Dolphin 4 0 Blowing 30

Fort Island

Samuel and Euan Kinnish
June 9, 2020 12:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

West of The Sound

Steve Wright
June 9, 2020 13:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Leaping 30

East of the Sound

Steve Wright, Neil Barron, Jen A
June 9, 2020 15:15 Risso’s Dolphin 7 0 Normal swimming 25

West of the Sound

Jen, Neil, Jean, Howard & Andrea
June 8, 2020 16:35 Risso’s Dolphin 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Marine drive toll gate

Brian Liggins
June 2, 2020 08:00 Risso’s Dolphin 6 0 Fast swim or porpoising 180

West of the Sound

Adam Tansey-Scales and Em
June 2, 2020 10:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Derbyhaven

Liz Charter

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 27, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles west of Peel Max Crookall
June 23, 2022 16:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 1 Half a mile north of Calf Sound Malcolm Stewart
June 22, 2022 18:15 1 2 Suspected feeding 20 Herring tower Langness Richard and Janice Cooil
June 22, 2022 19:20 1 Suspected feeding 2 6km SW of Chicken Rock David Bellamy & others
June 21, 2022 19:15 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Port Wallberry, Marine Drive Manx Ornithological Society Marine Drive walk
June 21, 2022 17:15 1 Suspected feeding 25 350m off Glen Wyllin Ian Young
June 18, 2022 11:00 1 Swimming 15 Marine Drive Craig Whalley
June 16, 2022 12:10 1 Suspected feeding 20 Douglas head Ian Wilcock
June 15, 2022 13:45 Suspected feeding 30 Port Soderick Jordan Palfreman
June 15, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 20 West of Calf of Man Quentin De Backer
June 15, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 5 Port Erin bay Not recorded
June 15, 2022 12:10 3 Tight circling 20 6 miles south Sugar loaf Kirrie jenkins, Doug Patrick
June 15, 2022 11:05 1 Suspected feeding 35 Douglas head Ian Wilcock
June 14, 2022 21:30 2 Suspected feeding 35 Marine drive Port Soderick end Kevin Sharpe
June 13, 2022 19:55 1 Tight circling 15 Fort Island David Bellamy & Robert Fisher