Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
December 2, 2019 15:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 25

Port St Mary

Vannin Veg
December 1, 2019 11:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 10 Leaping 210

Maughold to Laxey

Shane Stigant and others
November 29, 2019 16:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 0 Fast swim or porpoising 20

Whitestrand-Peel bay

Nick Barlow, Ian and Sam the Collie
November 25, 2019 14:45 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 1 Feeding or foraging 10

Peel breakwater

Frank
November 24, 2019 12:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 1 Fast swim or porpoising 30

Glen Maye-Port Erin

John, Louise, David, Richard, Craig Whalley, Stephen Marsh
November 21, 2019 13:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 3 1 Normal swimming 20

North of the Calf

Vanninveg
November 20, 2019 14:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 3 1 Feeding or foraging 150

Port Erin bay

Paul Butler and Debbie
November 18, 2019 16:50 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 1 Normal swimming 5

Off Fenella beach

Dave Corkish
November 18, 2019 11:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 5 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

South the the Calf

Vanninveg
November 17, 2019 10:30 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 3

Chickens rock

Iain wilkinson (port erin lifeboat)
November 17, 2019 10:40 Common Dolphin 1 2 Normal swimming 2

Chicken rock

Iain wilkinson
November 14, 2019 11:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 1 Normal swimming 15

South of the Sound

Vanninveg
November 14, 2019 11:20 Bottlenose Dolphin 13 2 Feeding or foraging 10

North of Peel

Peter Duncan
November 13, 2019 09:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 10

Point of Ayre

Stephen Nash
November 2, 2019 08:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 0 Bow riding 10

Peel Harbour, off the breakwater.

Suzie & Dan

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 14, 2022 07:30 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles off Contrary head Max Crookall
July 12, 2022 03:00 2 Swimming 120 Port Erin Bay Charles Leclerc
July 11, 2022 10:40 1 1 Suspected feeding 7 1nm SE of South Harbour, Calf of Man David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
July 10, 2022 21:20 1 Suspected feeding 6 Three and a half miles NW of Calf Sound Dermot Shimmin
July 5, 2022 09:00 1 3 Suspected feeding 120 1 km off White Strand & Gob-Y-Deigan Ian Judd
July 5, 2022 15:45 1 Swimming 15 Niarbyl Bay Georgina Franks, Lauren Slater
July 5, 2022 15:00 1 1 Swimming 180 Peel breakwater Colin Lawrenson, Alistair Sutherland and other
July 4, 2022 12:00 3 Suspected feeding 200 Peel breakwater to the headlands Andi young, Neil Westwood, The Mitchell family
July 3, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Glen Maye – Peel Hill David R
July 3, 2022 15:55 1 Suspected feeding 10 150-200m off Peel Castle Mike Davies
June 30, 2022 13:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 15 Scarlett Virginia Keig
June 30, 2022 16:24 0 0 1 Swimming 2 North coast of the Calf of Man Tom Morgan and Gemma Scotts
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