Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 1, 2018 11:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 2

Bay Fine Port Erin

chris Burton Shona Boat trips
June 1, 2018 13:55 Harbour Porpoise 1 Normal swimming 1

Bay Fine Port Erin

chris Burton shona Boat trips
June 1, 2018 15:45 Harbour Porpoise 1 Normal swimming 1

The Stack West Calf of Man

chris Burton shona Boat trips
June 1, 2018 19:00 Risso’s Dolphin 4 0 Normal swimming 10

The Chasms

Neil Barron
June 1, 2018 17:00 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 10

Douglas Head

Dawn Kenyon
June 1, 2018 18:00 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 10

Douglas Head

Debbie Sanderson
May 31, 2018 20:00 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Castletown bay

geoffrey rimmer
May 31, 2018 20:50 Risso’s Dolphin 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Bay Fine Port Erin

Chris Burton Shona Boat trips
May 31, 2018 20:52 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 2

Bay Fine Port Erin

Chris Burton Shona Boat trips
May 31, 2018 20:40 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 60

Kallow point

Neil Barron
May 31, 2018 21:10 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Not recorded 10

Sound

Kirrie Jenkins
May 31, 2018 16:30 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Not recorded 10

Gansey, Port St. Mary

Paul Dunne
May 30, 2018 13:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Not recorded 1

North East side of the sound

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
May 30, 2018 18:30 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 2

Bay fine Port Erin

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
May 30, 2018 11:30 Risso’s Dolphin 4 0 Feeding or foraging 120

West side of Sound

MWDW and others

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 4, 2022 11:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf Stephen Cowley
August 4, 2022 16:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Between Port Erin and the Sound Phil M
August 4, 2022 21:25 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin Bay Andy Karran
August 4, 2022 17:05 1 Suspected feeding 10 West of the Calf Stanley Conlon
August 3, 2022 15:30 1 Suspected feeding 10 Edge of Peel bay Chris Duff
August 3, 2022 20:15 1 Suspected feeding 30 Port Erin Dan James
August 3, 2022 15:00 1 Suspected feeding 30 Niarbyl Rosa
July 29, 2022 09:30 1 Swimming 5 3 miles East of Calf of Man STV Leader
July 28, 2022 20:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 1 mile off Peel Casey J
July 27, 2022 13:00 1 Tight circling 10 Gibdale Point Peter Kay
July 18, 2022 19:37 1 Suspected feeding 5 Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound Nina Shimmin
July 16, 2022 18:00 1 Suspected feeding 80 Port Erin undeleeb din, Elasmomann
July 14, 2022 07:30 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles off Contrary head Max Crookall
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