Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 26, 2018 11:00 Risso’s Dolphin 20 0 Feeding or foraging 10

1/2 mile off Perwick Bay, Port St Mary

Peter Kay
July 25, 2018 15:10 Harbour Porpoise 2 1 Normal swimming 5

Sugar Loaf

Kirrie Jenkins
July 25, 2018 09:10 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Normal swimming 5

Dalby

Brian Maddrell
July 24, 2018 17:13 Risso’s Dolphin 4 0 Normal swimming 10

Off the Calf

Katie Osborne
July 24, 2018 07:40 Harbour Porpoise 1 1 Normal swimming 5

Marine Drive

Ali
July 24, 2018 17:10 Risso’s Dolphin 7 0 Normal swimming 10

Port Erin

Jason Fleming
July 24, 2018 18:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 1 Normal swimming 5

East of Kitterland

Kirrie Jenkins
July 24, 2018 15:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 5

11 miles off Peel

Ste Lee
July 24, 2018 15:45 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 2

Three miles off the West coast of the Calf

Chris Burton – Shona Boat Trips
July 24, 2018 18:30 Risso’s Dolphin 4 0 Normal swimming 4

Two miles off the north coast of the Calf of Man

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
July 22, 2018 13:00 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Fast swim or porpoising 15

Sheddans, .75 miles SE of Pt.St.Mary Harbour

Martin Lambden
July 22, 2018 13:25 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Tail slapping 15

1 mile SE of Pt.St.Mary

Martin Lambden
July 22, 2018 09:35 Harbour Porpoise 1 1 Normal swimming 1

Bay Fine Port Erin

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
July 22, 2018 11:10 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Feeding or foraging 25

South of Sound

Tim Cross, Chris Burton Shona Boat trips
July 21, 2018 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Bay Fine Port Erin

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 12, 2022 03:00 2 Swimming 120 Port Erin Bay Charles Leclerc
July 11, 2022 10:40 1 1 Suspected feeding 7 1nm SE of South Harbour, Calf of Man David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
July 10, 2022 21:20 1 Suspected feeding 6 Three and a half miles NW of Calf Sound Dermot Shimmin
July 5, 2022 09:00 1 3 Suspected feeding 120 1 km off White Strand & Gob-Y-Deigan Ian Judd
July 5, 2022 15:45 1 Swimming 15 Niarbyl Bay Georgina Franks, Lauren Slater
July 5, 2022 15:00 1 1 Swimming 180 Peel breakwater Colin Lawrenson, Alistair Sutherland and other
July 4, 2022 12:00 3 Suspected feeding 200 Peel breakwater to the headlands Andi young, Neil Westwood, The Mitchell family
July 3, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Glen Maye – Peel Hill David R
July 3, 2022 15:55 1 Suspected feeding 10 150-200m off Peel Castle Mike Davies
June 30, 2022 13:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 15 Scarlett Virginia Keig
June 30, 2022 16:24 0 0 1 Swimming 2 North coast of the Calf of Man Tom Morgan and Gemma Scotts
June 27, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles west of Peel Max Crookall
June 23, 2022 16:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 1 Half a mile north of Calf Sound Malcolm Stewart
June 22, 2022 18:15 1 2 Suspected feeding 20 Herring tower Langness Richard and Janice Cooil
June 22, 2022 19:20 1 Suspected feeding 2 6km SW of Chicken Rock David Bellamy & others