Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 7, 2019 18:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 6 0 Not recorded 5

Off Maughold Lighthouse

July 7, 2019 16:30 Harbour Porpoise 4 1 Normal swimming 2

4 miles due east of Douglas

Peter Quirk
July 6, 2019 13:10 Risso’s Dolphin 7 2 Feeding or foraging 25

The calf sound, down to south harbour

Neil Barron
July 6, 2019 18:10 Risso’s Dolphin 7 0 Feeding or foraging 90

Derbyhaven

Sue & Bill Whittaker, Carol Woodall
July 6, 2019 20:50 Bottlenose Dolphin 10 0 Fast swim or porpoising 2

S of Calf

Sue & Carol
July 6, 2019 15:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

E Calf Sound

chris burton Shona Boat trips
July 4, 2019 08:00 Unidentified Small Cetacean 10 0 Normal swimming 45

Glenn Mooar, KM.

Andy Ra
July 4, 2019 12:56 Harbour Porpoise 9 1 Normal swimming 5

Langness

Pani
July 4, 2019 08:50 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 50

SSE of Sound

Carol Woodall
July 4, 2019 16:05 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Fast swim or porpoising 5

Point of Ayre

Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker
July 3, 2019 12:20 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Laxey Bay

Neil barron
July 2, 2019 04:30 Risso’s Dolphin 3 2 Bow riding 20

Calf of Man

Wilkinson family
July 2, 2019 18:55 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 25

South of Sound

Sue Whittaker & Carol Woodall
July 1, 2019 11:00 Unidentified Small Cetacean 15 5 Leaping 10

12 Nautical miles North West of Peel

July 1, 2019 16:10 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Normal swimming 5

Laxey Beach

Stefanie Kerwin

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