Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 19, 2019 | 11:20 | Risso’s Dolphin | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
The Sound |
Neil |
| March 15, 2019 | 11:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 4 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Douglas Head |
Lisa Niemy |
| March 4, 2019 | 08:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 50 | 0 | Normal swimming | 120 |
Port Mooar |
Anna Kerruish |
| March 1, 2019 | 10:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 55 | 15 | Fast swim or porpoising | 240 |
Peel to The Sound |
Too many to mention |
| February 26, 2019 | 15:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Carrick bay, Port St Mary |
Neil Barron |
| February 25, 2019 | 17:25 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 20 |
The Sound |
Neil Barron |
| February 16, 2019 | 16:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
The Lhen |
Jennie Crellin |
| February 14, 2019 | 08:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 6 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Langness |
Em Cleator |
| February 11, 2019 | 17:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 6 | 0 | Leaping | 15 |
Maughold/Port Mooar |
Carol, Anna |
| February 11, 2019 | 13:00 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Laxey bay |
Gary Brain |
| February 10, 2019 | 11:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 30 | 0 | Bow riding | 10 |
1/4 mile off Bradda head |
RNLI |
| February 10, 2019 | 13:00 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Laxey bay |
Gary Brain |
| February 1, 2019 | 11:00 | Common Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Drinking Dragon |
Neil Barron |
| January 30, 2019 | 15:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 50 | 0 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Laxey Bay |
Jenny Bury |
| January 28, 2019 | 13:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 30 | 10 | Fast swim or porpoising | 180 |
Port Mooar to Ramsey Bay |
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 |