Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 17, 2024 | 16:00 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Gibdale Bay, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| August 15, 2024 | 20:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Logging on surface | 20 |
Gansey Bay |
Sarah Stocks |
| August 14, 2024 | 11:10 | Risso’s dolphin | 8 | 2 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Chicken Rock |
Kirrie Jenkins |
| August 14, 2024 | 16:30 | Risso’s dolphin | 3 | 0 | Tail slapping | 60 |
Maughold-Port E Vullen |
Martin J Sanderson, Ali Robertson, Gemma Scotts |
| August 14, 2024 | 13:00 | Common dolphin | 15 | 15 | Bow riding | 40 |
The Sound to Chicken Rock |
Kirrie jenkins |
| August 14, 2024 | 10:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 600 |
Peel bay |
Many |
| August 14, 2024 | 06:30 | Common dolphin | 5 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
12 miles west of the Calf |
Tom Morgan (Barrule) |
| August 12, 2024 | 21:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Peel bay |
Dave Corkish |
| August 11, 2024 | 12:35 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Port e vullen |
Caroline womersley |
| August 4, 2024 | 14:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Peel Bay |
Peel Carnival |
| August 3, 2024 | 17:00 | Risso’s dolphin | 5 | 0 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 5 |
10 miles SW of the Calf |
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| August 1, 2024 | 14:00 | Risso’s dolphin | 11 | 3 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
5 miles west of Port Erin |
Dermot and Nina Shimmin |
| August 1, 2024 | 12:05 | Common dolphin | 6 | 0 | Leaping | 5 |
5 miles West of Peel |
SV John North |
| August 1, 2024 | 14:50 | Unidentified small cetacean | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
6.5 miles NW of Peel |
SV John North |
| August 1, 2024 | 19:55 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 10 |
Peel bay |
SV John North |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 15, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | West of Calf of Man | Quentin De Backer | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Port Erin bay | Not recorded | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 12:10 | 3 | Tight circling | 20 | 6 miles south Sugar loaf | Kirrie jenkins, Doug Patrick | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 11:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 35 | Douglas head | Ian Wilcock | |||
| June 14, 2022 | 21:30 | 2 | Suspected feeding | 35 | Marine drive Port Soderick end | Kevin Sharpe | |||
| June 13, 2022 | 19:55 | 1 | Tight circling | 15 | Fort Island | David Bellamy & Robert Fisher | |||
| June 12, 2022 | 10:40 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | Peel headlands-breakwater | John Baker, Alastair Sutherland, Jon Corlett, Elli Gawne, Julie Howarth | |||
| June 11, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 160 | Gansey bay | Tim, Richard Corlett | |||
| June 9, 2022 | 10:57 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Jurby | Lizzie Coote | |||
| 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 |