Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 9, 2019 16:30 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 5

5 miles South of Port St Mary

Darren Watterson
May 7, 2019 18:25 Harbour Porpoise 5 0 Feeding or foraging 15

North if the stack (Calf of Man)

Di Swayne
May 7, 2019 15:54 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 20

The Sound

Bryony Manley
May 7, 2019 15:59 Harbour Porpoise 1 1 Normal swimming 20

North of Calf

Bryony Manley
May 4, 2019 18:45 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 35

South of the Sound

Sue Whittaker Bill and Carol
May 4, 2019 10:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 2

Black Head, South of the Sound

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
May 4, 2019 15:50 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 2

Callow Point Port st Mary

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
May 3, 2019 12:30 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 10

The Sker, Bradda head

Neil Barron and 2 others
May 2, 2019 17:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 1 Feeding or foraging 60

South of the Sound

Sue & Bill Whittaker
May 2, 2019 19:00 Harbour Porpoise 4 0 Normal swimming 10

Langness

Liz Charter
May 2, 2019 19:10 Risso’s Dolphin 12 0 Fast swim or porpoising 20

Derbyhaven bay

Liz Charter
May 2, 2019 21:00 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 15

Port Soderick

Maurice (WhatsApp)
May 2, 2019 19:00 Risso’s Dolphin 8 0 Normal swimming 20

Castletown bay

Kevin Madigan
May 1, 2019 12:55 Risso’s Dolphin 4 0 Normal swimming 5

Fort island

Liz Charter
April 30, 2019 17:45 Harbour Porpoise 4 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Upper Lighthouse (Calf of Man)

Di Swayne

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 8, 2023 18:45 3 3 Suspected feeding 10 White beach niarbyl Matt Tyrer
May 8, 2023 20:20 1 1 Swimming 10 Peel breakwater Will holden
May 7, 2023 12:00 1 Swimming 10 Point of Ayre Liz Charter
May 6, 2023 11:10 1 Swimming 5 Port Erin bay Kathleen
August 28, 2022 10:00 3 Suspected feeding 360 Peel bay Peter Bradley, Nia Clague and many others
August 25, 2022 11:00 0 1 Tight circling 300 Niarbyl Keira & Owen, Stewart Ward
August 24, 2022 08:30 1 Suspected feeding 240 Peel Breakwater John Hills, Max Crookall
August 21, 2022 15:00 1 Suspected feeding 120 Port Erin Debbie McGregor
August 20, 2022 11:00 1 Parellel swimming 10 Peel Castle Jonathan Reilly
August 15, 2022 18:35 1 Swimming 5 Back of the Calf Joshua and Jake, Paul, Tanya and others on Shona boat
August 14, 2022 13:50 1 Suspected feeding 120 West of the Sound MWDW
August 13, 2022 19:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Langness Laura Elizabeth
August 11, 2022 19:25 1 Suspected feeding 10 Warts Bank, Calf of Man Gemini
August 10, 2022 16:00 1 Suspected feeding 30 Orrisdale head Katie Robertson
August 10, 2022 19:40 1 Suspected feeding 20 Port Erin-Sound John Rimmer