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
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
May 24, 2022 18:00 1 Swimming 30 Port Erin bay Elizabeth Lawton
May 14, 2022 17:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 The Chasms Alessia
May 7, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 45 300m east of the Calf of Man Caroline & Phil Roriston and David
May 3, 2022 14:45 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin
May 1, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Dalby Richard Marks
April 29, 2022 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 15 Eary Cushlin Nicola