Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 19, 2019 | 19:10 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 3 |
Bay Fine Port Erin |
Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips |
| April 19, 2019 | 15:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
The Stack, Calf of Man |
Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips |
| April 19, 2019 | 17:40 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Bay Fine, Port Erin |
Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips | |
| April 18, 2019 | 13:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 80 |
Laxey bay to Onchan |
Too many to mention |
| April 18, 2019 | 12:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 5 | 0 | Not recorded | 2 |
Stack of Man |
Gemini Charter Bob Taylor |
| April 17, 2019 | 20:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Not recorded | 3 |
SW of The Sound |
Gemini Charter Bob Taylor |
| April 16, 2019 | 13:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 6 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 2 |
Outside of Cow Harbour (Calf of Man) |
Di Swayne and others |
| April 16, 2019 | 18:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Kallow Point, Port St Mary |
Neil |
| April 12, 2019 | 08:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Cow Harbour (Calf of Man) |
Mike Haigh |
| April 11, 2019 | 09:55 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Gibdale Bay (Calf of Man) |
Di Swayne |
| April 10, 2019 | 15:55 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Off upper lighthouse (Calf of Man) |
Di Swayne |
| April 10, 2019 | 17:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Lower lighthouse (Calf of Man) |
Di Swayne |
| April 9, 2019 | 18:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 4 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Off the Cletts |
Di Swayne |
| April 9, 2019 | 12:45 | Risso’s Dolphin | 4 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 80 |
Santon head |
Neil Barron, Pete (WhatsApp) |
| April 8, 2019 | 18:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
South of the Stack on the 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 |