Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| July 29, 2019 | 19:20 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 2 |
South harbour, Calf of Man |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 9, 2022 | 17:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 3 | Between Jurby and the Cronk | Andrea & Robert | |||
| August 9, 2022 | 18:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Off Orrisdale Head | Andrea & Robert | ||
| August 7, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Ballaghennie, Point of Ayre | Combine | |||
| August 4, 2022 | 11:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf | Stephen Cowley | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 16:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Between Port Erin and the Sound | Phil M | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 21:25 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Port Erin Bay | Andy Karran | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 17:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | West of the Calf | Stanley Conlon | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Edge of Peel bay | Chris Duff | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 20:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Erin | Dan James | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Niarbyl | Rosa | |||
| July 29, 2022 | 09:30 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 3 miles East of Calf of Man | STV Leader | |||
| July 28, 2022 | 20:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 1 mile off Peel | Casey J | ||
| July 27, 2022 | 13:00 | 1 | Tight circling | 10 | Gibdale Point | Peter Kay | |||
| July 18, 2022 | 19:37 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Nina Shimmin | |||
| July 16, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 80 | Port Erin | undeleeb din, Elasmomann |