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
August 9, 2022 17:25 1 Suspected feeding 3 Between Jurby and the Cronk Andrea & Robert
August 9, 2022 18:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Off Orrisdale Head Andrea & Robert
August 7, 2022 16:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Ballaghennie, Point of Ayre Combine
August 4, 2022 11:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf Stephen Cowley
August 4, 2022 16:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Between Port Erin and the Sound Phil M
August 4, 2022 21:25 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin Bay Andy Karran
August 4, 2022 17:05 1 Suspected feeding 10 West of the Calf Stanley Conlon
August 3, 2022 15:30 1 Suspected feeding 10 Edge of Peel bay Chris Duff
August 3, 2022 20:15 1 Suspected feeding 30 Port Erin Dan James
August 3, 2022 15:00 1 Suspected feeding 30 Niarbyl Rosa
July 29, 2022 09:30 1 Swimming 5 3 miles East of Calf of Man STV Leader
July 28, 2022 20:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 1 mile off Peel Casey J
July 27, 2022 13:00 1 Tight circling 10 Gibdale Point Peter Kay
July 18, 2022 19:37 1 Suspected feeding 5 Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound Nina Shimmin
July 16, 2022 18:00 1 Suspected feeding 80 Port Erin undeleeb din, Elasmomann