Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 22, 2019 10:45 Risso’s Dolphin 4 0 Normal swimming 4

Bay Fine Port Erin

Chris Burton – Shona Boat trips
June 22, 2019 13:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 3

East Sound Calf of Man

Chris Burton – Shona Boat trips
June 21, 2019 15:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

South Harbour Calf of Man

Chris Burton – Shona Boat trips
June 18, 2019 10:00 Common Dolphin 12 0 Bow riding 10

10 miles South of Port St Mary

Tom Middlebrook (vessel-Spray)
June 18, 2019 15:00 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Not recorded 2

South Harbour Calf of Man

chris burton Shona Boat trips
June 16, 2019 14:45 Unidentified Small Cetacean 20 0 Fast swim or porpoising 15

Niarbyl Bay

Lynda
June 16, 2019 12:20 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

East of The Sound

MWDW
June 13, 2019 19:45 Risso’s Dolphin 20 Leaping 35

South of the Calf

Discover Diving
June 9, 2019 18:30 Risso’s Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 5

South of The Sound

Em Cleator
June 9, 2019 11:15 Harbour Porpoise 2 1 Normal swimming 10

Psm War Memorial

Anon
June 9, 2019 18:00 Risso’s Dolphin 2 1 Normal swimming 5

East side calf sound

chris burton Shona Boat trips
June 5, 2019 10:50 Minke Whale 1 Feeding or foraging 20

Sugarloaf

Anon
June 5, 2019 11:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 3

Calf of Man- Chicken Rock

Di Swayne
June 4, 2019 12:20 Risso’s Dolphin 3 2 Feeding or foraging 20

Bradda head to Fleshwick

Anon
June 4, 2019 10:00 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Normal swimming 5

Peel Castle

Anon

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