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
June 18, 2022 11:00 1 Swimming 15 Marine Drive Craig Whalley
June 16, 2022 12:10 1 Suspected feeding 20 Douglas head Ian Wilcock
June 15, 2022 13:45 Suspected feeding 30 Port Soderick Jordan Palfreman
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