Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 6, 2018 20:00 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 15

Off Elby point

Brian Maddrell
July 6, 2018 18:50 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 10

W of Sound car park

carol woodall, Bill
July 6, 2018 19:35 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 12

SE of Sound

Sue Whittaker Carol Woodall
July 6, 2018 19:45 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 10

S of Sound

Bill Whittaker, Carol
July 6, 2018 21:35 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Port Erin breakwater

carol woodall, Bill
July 6, 2018 21:10 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 10

PSM ledges

Bill Whittaker, Sue Carol
July 6, 2018 13:36 Risso’s Dolphin 13 0 Leaping 60

Half a mile West of Chicken Rock

Kirrie Jenkins
July 6, 2018 10:20 Risso’s Dolphin 4 2 Normal swimming 20

Off chicken Rock

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
July 6, 2018 10:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

West side of the sound

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
July 6, 2018 12:45 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

off south Harbour Calf of Man

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
July 6, 2018 12:45 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

0ff the Stack Calf of Man

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
July 6, 2018 17:00 Risso’s Dolphin 2 1 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Callow Point Port St Mary

chris burton Shona Boat trips
July 5, 2018 12:40 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 5

Off South Harbour Calf of Man

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
July 5, 2018 15:55 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 2

Off South Harbour Calf of Man

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
July 5, 2018 19:15 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

off Perwick Bay Port St Mary

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