Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2, 2019 | 20:15 | Common Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Normal swimming | 25 |
Laxey Bay |
Shane Stigant |
| August 2, 2019 | 15:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Garwick |
Neil barron |
| August 2, 2019 | 13:00 | Unidentified Large Cetacean | 100 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Port St Mary Point |
Sue Barron |
| August 2, 2019 | 13:10 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
East side Calf Sound off Big Head |
chris burton Shona Boat trips |
| August 2, 2019 | 12:37 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
South Harbour Calf of Man |
chris burton Shona Boat trips |
| August 2, 2019 | 13:50 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Off Bay Fine Port Erin |
chris burton Shona Boat trips |
| August 2, 2019 | 19:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 30 |
Port Cornaa Beach |
John |
| August 1, 2019 | 15:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Normal swimming | 60 |
Douglas Bay-Port Soderick |
Many |
| August 1, 2019 | 13:00 | Common Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
7.5 miles east of Point of Ayre |
Tim Chittenden |
| August 1, 2019 | 12:00 | Common Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Bow riding | 10 |
6 miles NW off Peel |
Michael Coburn |
| August 1, 2019 | 11:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
East side of Calf Sound |
chris burton Shona Boat trips |
| July 31, 2019 | 16:20 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 3 |
East side Calf Sound |
chris burton Shona Boat trips |
| July 31, 2019 | 16:55 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
South Harbour Calf of Man |
chris burton Shona Boat trips |
| July 30, 2019 | 13:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 150 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 15 |
Langness Lighthouse |
Ingrid & Geoff Sugden, Cherry Clayton |
| July 29, 2019 | 17:50 | Risso’s Dolphin | 6 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
SE of Chicken Rock |
Dermot Shimmin |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2023 | 18:45 | 3 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 10 | White beach niarbyl | Matt Tyrer | ||
| May 8, 2023 | 20:20 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Peel breakwater | Will holden | ||
| May 7, 2023 | 12:00 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Point of Ayre | Liz Charter | |||
| May 6, 2023 | 11:10 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Port Erin bay | Kathleen | |||
| August 28, 2022 | 10:00 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 360 | Peel bay | Peter Bradley, Nia Clague and many others | |||
| August 25, 2022 | 11:00 | 0 | 1 | Tight circling | 300 | Niarbyl | Keira & Owen, Stewart Ward | ||
| August 24, 2022 | 08:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 240 | Peel Breakwater | John Hills, Max Crookall | |||
| August 21, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | Port Erin | Debbie McGregor | |||
| August 20, 2022 | 11:00 | 1 | Parellel swimming | 10 | Peel Castle | Jonathan Reilly | |||
| August 15, 2022 | 18:35 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Back of the Calf | Joshua and Jake, Paul, Tanya and others on Shona boat | |||
| August 14, 2022 | 13:50 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | West of the Sound | MWDW | |||
| August 13, 2022 | 19:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Langness | Laura Elizabeth | |||
| August 11, 2022 | 19:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Warts Bank, Calf of Man | Gemini | |||
| August 10, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Orrisdale head | Katie Robertson | |||
| August 10, 2022 | 19:40 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Port Erin-Sound | John Rimmer |