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
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