Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 25, 2018 14:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 1

West of the sound

chris Burton shona Boat trips
June 25, 2018 16:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Off the stack Calf of man

chris Burton shona Boat trips
June 25, 2018 16:30 Harbour Porpoise 4 2 Normal swimming 2

East calf sound

chris Burton shona Boat trips
June 24, 2018 12:30 Harbour Porpoise 4 0 Normal swimming 3

Between Port Grenaugh and Derbyhaven

Rory Murphy
June 24, 2018 14:30 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 40

Langness

Michael quayle
June 24, 2018 10:30 Risso’s Dolphin 8 6 Fast swim or porpoising 15

Off Port St Mary

Dermot and Nina Shimmin, Stephen Clague
June 24, 2018 10:55 Common Dolphin 12 0 Leaping 8

1.5 miles off the NE corner of Bradda Head

Dermot and Nina Shimmin
June 24, 2018 13:55 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 20

N of Calf

Robin & Rhona Settrey
June 24, 2018 19:45 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Feeding or foraging 20

N of Calf

Robin & Rhona Settrey
June 24, 2018 11:35 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 2

Eleven miles NW of Peel

Dermot and Nina Shimmin
June 24, 2018 19:55 Risso’s Dolphin 6 0 Leaping 30

N of Calf

Robin Settrey, Bob Taylor
June 24, 2018 09:20 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Fleshwick Bay

Neil Barron
June 24, 2018 08:40 Risso’s Dolphin 10 0 Normal swimming 10

Off Niarbyl

Adam Johnson
June 24, 2018 14:40 Risso’s Dolphin 6 0 Normal swimming 10

Port Grenaugh

Michael
June 24, 2018 14:30 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 5

Marine drive

Graeme Healy

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