Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
October 17, 2018 18:30 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 2

Marine Drive

Anita Imberger
October 14, 2018 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 4 0 Fast swim or porpoising 30

Laxey Bay

John Barker
October 14, 2018 09:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 7

Langness

E Cleator
October 14, 2018 17:40 Risso’s Dolphin 10 3 Normal swimming 10

Langness

E Cleator
October 14, 2018 12:45 Minke Whale 1 1 Feeding or foraging 5

Marine drive toll gate

Gez
October 14, 2018 14:45 Harbour Porpoise 4 1 Feeding or foraging 10

The Arches Marine drive

Peter Duncan
October 11, 2018 17:55 Bottlenose Dolphin 50 0 Fast swim or porpoising 5

Port Mooar

Anna Kerruish
October 7, 2018 17:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

W of Kitterland

Sue & Bill Whittaker
October 3, 2018 13:10 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Laxey Bay, travelling Southward

Nicola Burgess, The Shed staff
October 2, 2018 15:30 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Marine drive

Sally Carroll
October 2, 2018 17:35 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 80

Toll gate, Marine Drive to Little Ness

Sue Bill, Carol
October 2, 2018 18:35 Harbour Porpoise 6 0 Feeding or foraging 5

North of Little Ness, Marine Drive

Sue & Carol
October 1, 2018 14:04 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Marine Dr. Toll gate.

Carol Woodall, Sue & Bill Whittaker
October 1, 2018 14:19 Harbour Porpoise 5 0 Fast swim or porpoising 2

S of Toll Gate, Marine Dr.

Sue Whittaker & Carol Woodall
October 1, 2018 15:20 Minke Whale 1 0 Not recorded 2

Douglas Lighthouse

Carol Woodall

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