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
June 7, 2022 18:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Marine drive MWDW
June 6, 2022 16:40 1 Swimming 5 5m off Port Erin Faye Devlin
June 3, 2022 11:05 1 Swimming 1 Half a mile west of Spanish Head Malcolm Stewart
June 2, 2022 15:20 1 Swimming 1 Off Jurby head Malcolm Stewart
May 29, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 East of the Sound MWDW
May 26, 2022 13:40 1 Swimming 15 Peel Castle Eric Holmes, Oliver & Sarah Middleton
May 24, 2022 18:00 1 Swimming 30 Port Erin bay Elizabeth Lawton
May 14, 2022 17:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 The Chasms Alessia
May 7, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 45 300m east of the Calf of Man Caroline & Phil Roriston and David
May 3, 2022 14:45 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin
May 1, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Dalby Richard Marks
April 29, 2022 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 15 Eary Cushlin Nicola