Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
October 30, 2018 15:30 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 1

Port Jack

Graeme Healy
October 27, 2018 11:10 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 400

Santon gorge

Jan Cooil, Cara
October 26, 2018 14:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 200

End of the airport runway

Jan Cooil, Ryan Cain, Fred and others
October 26, 2018 16:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 15

End of the runway

Jan Cooil
October 25, 2018 14:30 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 150

Between airport runway extension and Port Grenaugh

Pauline & Michael Howland, Jan Cooil
October 24, 2018 15:50 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 130

North of Fort island

Zoe Shimmin, Jan Cooil
October 23, 2018 10:00 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 480

North of Fort island

MWDW
October 22, 2018 11:00 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 400

North of Fort island

Peter Quirk
October 21, 2018 10:00 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 480

North of Fort island

MWDW
October 20, 2018 11:15 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 300

North of Fort island

David Richards and others
October 18, 2018 12:10 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 300

Douglas bay-Port Soderick

Many people, incl Peter Quirk
October 18, 2018 15:00 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 75

North of the Sound, Bay Fine

Cheryl and MWDW
October 18, 2018 12:45 Bottlenose Dolphin 30 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Burroo Ned, South of the Calf

Neil Barron
October 17, 2018 12:10 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 10

The Arches, Marine drive

Jan Cooil, Alison Price
October 17, 2018 13:20 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Little Ness, Marine Drive

Steve Wright

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