Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
January 24, 2019 12:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 35 5 Fast swim or porpoising 90

Peel Castle to Glen Maye

Julie Kavanagh, Danny
January 24, 2019 14:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 35 5 Fast swim or porpoising 15

Fleshwick

Neil Barron
January 20, 2019 11:00 Common Dolphin 20 10 Bow riding 10

1 mile North of the Calf

Ian Wilkinson (Port Erin RNLI)
January 20, 2019 11:05 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 2

Chicken rock, SW of the Calf

Ian Wilkinson (Port Erin RNLI)
January 17, 2019 13:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 80 20 Leaping 60

Off Dhoon Beach

Penny Cronin
January 15, 2019 12:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 80 20 Fast swim or porpoising 15

Marine drive

Anne Alcock
January 14, 2019 15:25 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Carrick bay, Port St Mary

Neil Barron
January 12, 2019 14:10 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 5

Laxey bay

Mike Kelly and Neil Barron
January 10, 2019 09:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 0 Normal swimming 10

Laxey Bay

Steve Gale
January 10, 2019 13:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 35 5 Fast swim or porpoising 120

Maughold to Cornaa

Gez Sowrey and others
January 9, 2019 13:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 30 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Half mile off Onchan Head

Matt Cory and many others
January 9, 2019 14:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 0 Normal swimming 50

Port Soderick to Langness

Richard Norris and MWDW
January 9, 2019 14:40 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Normal swimming 25

Port Soderick

MWDW
January 6, 2019 08:50 Bottlenose Dolphin 70 10 Fast swim or porpoising 410

Maughold to Groudle, especially Laxey

Too many to mention
January 5, 2019 14:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 5 Fast swim or porpoising 20

Port Mooar

Anna Jones

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 7, 2022 18:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Marine drive MWDW
June 6, 2022 16:40 1 Swimming 5 5m off Port Erin Faye Devlin
June 3, 2022 11:05 1 Swimming 1 Half a mile west of Spanish Head Malcolm Stewart
June 2, 2022 15:20 1 Swimming 1 Off Jurby head Malcolm Stewart
May 29, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 East of the Sound MWDW
May 26, 2022 13:40 1 Swimming 15 Peel Castle Eric Holmes, Oliver & Sarah Middleton
May 24, 2022 18:00 1 Swimming 30 Port Erin bay Elizabeth Lawton
May 14, 2022 17:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 The Chasms Alessia
May 7, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 45 300m east of the Calf of Man Caroline & Phil Roriston and David
May 3, 2022 14:45 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin
May 1, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Dalby Richard Marks
April 29, 2022 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 15 Eary Cushlin Nicola