Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 22, 2024 19:00 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
July 22, 2024 14:40 Harbour porpoise 7 1 Feeding or foraging 80

Gibale Bay, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
July 21, 2024 17:30 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Gibdale Bay, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
July 19, 2024 14:05 Harbour porpoise 2 1 Normal swimming 5

Gibdale Bay, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
July 18, 2024 15:30 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 5

Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
July 18, 2024 16:15 Harbour porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
July 18, 2024 16:15 Risso’s dolphin 3 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Fold point, Calf of man

Calf Wardens
July 17, 2024 08:45 Risso’s dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 10

6.5 miles S of PSM

Martin Lambden
July 17, 2024 17:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Peel Bay

Megg Whelan-Ferris
July 17, 2024 13:00 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
July 17, 2024 16:00 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
July 17, 2024 19:30 Common dolphin 5 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Gibdale Bay, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
July 16, 2024 17:10 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Leaping 120

Peel bay

Carlos Franklin, Clare, MWDW
July 16, 2024 19:10 Risso’s dolphin 9 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Burroo

Thomas Keggen (Boat Trips Isle of Man)
July 16, 2024 06:30 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Lower Lighthouse, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 15, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 20 West of Calf of Man Quentin De Backer
June 15, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 5 Port Erin bay Not recorded
June 15, 2022 12:10 3 Tight circling 20 6 miles south Sugar loaf Kirrie jenkins, Doug Patrick
June 15, 2022 11:05 1 Suspected feeding 35 Douglas head Ian Wilcock
June 14, 2022 21:30 2 Suspected feeding 35 Marine drive Port Soderick end Kevin Sharpe
June 13, 2022 19:55 1 Tight circling 15 Fort Island David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
June 12, 2022 10:40 1 Suspected feeding 120 Peel headlands-breakwater John Baker, Alastair Sutherland, Jon Corlett, Elli Gawne, Julie Howarth
June 11, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 160 Gansey bay Tim, Richard Corlett
June 9, 2022 10:57 1 Suspected feeding 10 Jurby Lizzie Coote
June 7, 2022 18:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Marine drive MWDW
June 6, 2022 16:40 1 Swimming 5 5m off Port Erin Faye Devlin
June 3, 2022 11:05 1 Swimming 1 Half a mile west of Spanish Head Malcolm Stewart
June 2, 2022 15:20 1 Swimming 1 Off Jurby head Malcolm Stewart
May 29, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 East of the Sound MWDW
May 26, 2022 13:40 1 Swimming 15 Peel Castle Eric Holmes, Oliver & Sarah Middleton