Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 26, 2019 20:05 Harbour Porpoise 3 1 Feeding or foraging 20

Perwick Bay

Jen Adams
August 26, 2019 16:00 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 1

About 8 miles West of the Calf Sound

Dermot Shimmin
August 25, 2019 08:45 Bottlenose Dolphin 10 0 Normal swimming 15

Inside Peel bay

Many
August 25, 2019 10:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Normal swimming 10

Ballaugh Beach

Billy Woodbridge
August 22, 2019 16:20 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

The Sound

Gillian Tyson
August 16, 2019 12:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 15

Ramsey Bay

Neil and Monica
August 14, 2019 13:30 Common Dolphin 8 0 Normal swimming 15

West of Bradda Head

Barrule
August 13, 2019 10:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 9 0 Normal swimming 15

Laxey seafront

Neil Barron
August 12, 2019 14:30 Risso’s Dolphin 1 0 Not recorded 20

Perwick Bay

Simon Williams
August 12, 2019 14:45 Harbour Porpoise 4 0 Not recorded 10

Perwick Bay

Simon Williams
August 8, 2019 12:30 Risso’s Dolphin 2 1 Fast swim or porpoising 8

West Side Calf Sound off Kitterland

chris burton Shona Boat trips
August 8, 2019 09:50 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 10

Callow Point

Neil Barron
August 3, 2019 11:10 Risso’s Dolphin 3 2 Fast swim or porpoising 15

The Sound

Neil barron
August 3, 2019 13:50 Common Dolphin 8 0 Normal swimming 10

S of Langness

Team Taylor
August 3, 2019 15:00 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 2

South Stack Calf of Man

chris burton Shona Boat trips

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