Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 12, 2018 | 11:35 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 7 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 55 |
Port Soderick |
Panida |
| September 12, 2018 | 17:45 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Marine drive Toll gate |
Panida |
| August 29, 2018 | 09:40 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Langness |
Richard and Janice Cooil |
| August 27, 2018 | 12:00 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 30 | 0 | Leaping | 15 |
Douglas bay |
Mike K, Neil B |
| August 25, 2018 | 14:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 4 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 1 |
SE of the Sound |
Peter Wood & Andrew Wadsworth |
| August 20, 2018 | 16:20 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Point of Ayre |
Sue Whittaker |
| August 20, 2018 | 16:35 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
West of Point of Ayre |
Sue & Bill Whittaker |
| August 19, 2018 | 17:10 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 3 |
SSE of the Sound. |
Carol Woodall |
| August 15, 2018 | 09:35 | Risso’s Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
North of Calf Sound to Aldrick |
Andrew Merrick, Steve Guy |
| August 15, 2018 | 10:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 1 | Fast swim or porpoising | 15 |
North Aldrick to Gibbdale Point, Calf of Sound |
Andrew Merrick, Steve Guy |
| August 14, 2018 | 15:30 | Common Dolphin | 2 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
Off Chicken Rock |
Walter Scott |
| August 13, 2018 | 19:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 90 | 10 | Fast swim or porpoising | 80 |
Between Glen Maye and Dalby |
Christian Hall, MWDW |
| August 12, 2018 | 14:20 | Harbour Porpoise | 5 | 1 | Normal swimming | 3 |
Bay Fine, Port Erin |
Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips |
| August 12, 2018 | 15:20 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 3 |
The Stack – Calf of Man |
Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips |
| August 12, 2018 | 15:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Langness |
Andrew Merrick, Steve Guy |
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 |