Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
September 10, 2024 15:15 Harbour porpoise 3 3 Feeding or foraging 5

Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Warden
September 8, 2024 09:45 Harbour porpoise Normal swimming 5

Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Warden
September 7, 2024 13:25 Harbour porpoise 10 0 Normal swimming 10

Douglas head

Natassja chadwick
September 7, 2024 13:40 Unidentified small cetacean 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Douglas head towards onchan head

Natassja chadwick
September 7, 2024 16:00 Risso’s dolphin 12 0 Normal swimming 280

Marine Drive – Port St Mary

Pawel
September 7, 2024 18:20 Harbour porpoise 7 0 Normal swimming 30

Port St. Mary

Neil
September 7, 2024 17:00 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Warden
September 4, 2024 10:00 Harbour porpoise Feeding or foraging 5

Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Warden
September 3, 2024 11:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 345

Peel to Port St. Mary

Jed, Aquabike
September 2, 2024 08:00 Bottlenose dolphin 15 5 Normal swimming 10

Bradda Head

Max Crookall
September 1, 2024 15:15 Bottlenose dolphin 7 3 Fast swim or porpoising 5

Maughold Head

September 1, 2024 16:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Not recorded 25

Douglas Bay

Sophie Tuft, Rachel Anthony
August 31, 2024 14:00 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Amulty, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
August 30, 2024 15:50 Harbour porpoise 8 2 Normal swimming 120

West of the Sound

Sue Whittaker & Carol
August 30, 2024 18:45 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 120

Port Erin Bay

Richard/Janice Cooil, Aquabike

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
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