Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 19, 2019 13:20 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Not recorded 2

Bay Fine Port Erin

chris burton Shona Boat trips
May 18, 2019 13:45 Risso’s Dolphin 2 2 Normal swimming 10

Off Langness

Carol J Woodall
May 18, 2019 14:15 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Langness

Carol J Woodall and Sue Whittaker
May 18, 2019 16:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Not recorded 2

Bay Fine Port Erin

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
May 16, 2019 08:15 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Little Ness

Anon
May 15, 2019 09:10 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Feeding or foraging 15

W of Langness

Anon
May 14, 2019 19:15 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 15

W of Sound car park

Robin Sue & Carol
May 13, 2019 19:50 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Calf of Man

Robin Settrey Sue Bill &Carol
May 13, 2019 17:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Port Soderick

Mike Quayle
May 13, 2019 11:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 2

N of Calf of Man

Gemini Charter Bob Taylor
May 12, 2019 09:15 Harbour Porpoise 2 2 Normal swimming 5

Fort Island

Mike Quayle
May 12, 2019 11:45 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Fast swim or porpoising 1

Fort Island

Mike Quayle
May 11, 2019 08:05 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 15

Cass Ny Hawin, north of the runway

Neil Barron
May 11, 2019 16:45 Risso’s Dolphin 8 0 Fast swim or porpoising 20

Langness Foghorn

Andy and Anne Roberts
May 11, 2019 19:50 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Normal swimming 90

Laxey-Douglas

Many

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