Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 2, 2018 16:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 2

The Stack Calf of man

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
July 2, 2018 16:30 Harbour Porpoise 4 2 Fast swim or porpoising 5

East side of the Sound

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
July 1, 2018 17:00 Risso’s Dolphin 9 1 Normal swimming 10

The Chasms

Richard
July 1, 2018 13:50 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Off Gibdale bay Calf of man

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
July 1, 2018 16:10 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 2

Off Gibdale Bay Calf of Man

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
July 1, 2018 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 1

Off the Stack, Calf of man

chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
June 30, 2018 19:25 Risso’s Dolphin 9 3 Fast swim or porpoising 6

Off the Chickens rock

Chris Burton Shona boat trips
June 30, 2018 15:45 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Bay Fine Port Erin Bay

chris Burton shona Boat trips
June 29, 2018 15:45 Harbour Porpoise 4 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Point of Ayre

Bill, Sue, Carol
June 29, 2018 16:40 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Point of Ayre

Bill Whittaker
June 29, 2018 16:55 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 70

Point of Ayre

Sue Whittaker Carol Woodall
June 29, 2018 20:45 Risso’s Dolphin 4 0 Leaping 10

S of Sound

Sue, Carol, Bill
June 29, 2018 21:40 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 3

S of Sound

Carol Woodall
June 29, 2018 13:00 Risso’s Dolphin 3 1 Normal swimming 10

Off the Puddle Calf of man

chris Burton shona Boat trips
June 29, 2018 12:40 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 3

Off Gibdale bay Calf of man

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