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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 9, 2022 | 17:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 3 | Between Jurby and the Cronk | Andrea & Robert | |||
| August 9, 2022 | 18:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Off Orrisdale Head | Andrea & Robert | ||
| August 7, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Ballaghennie, Point of Ayre | Combine | |||
| August 4, 2022 | 11:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf | Stephen Cowley | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 16:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Between Port Erin and the Sound | Phil M | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 21:25 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Port Erin Bay | Andy Karran | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 17:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | West of the Calf | Stanley Conlon | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Edge of Peel bay | Chris Duff | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 20:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Erin | Dan James | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Niarbyl | Rosa | |||
| July 29, 2022 | 09:30 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 3 miles East of Calf of Man | STV Leader | |||
| July 28, 2022 | 20:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 1 mile off Peel | Casey J | ||
| July 27, 2022 | 13:00 | 1 | Tight circling | 10 | Gibdale Point | Peter Kay | |||
| July 18, 2022 | 19:37 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Nina Shimmin | |||
| July 16, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 80 | Port Erin | undeleeb din, Elasmomann |