Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
April 21, 2018 10:15 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 120

North of the Sound

Sea Kayaking IOM
April 21, 2018 08:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 20

The Ledges, Port St Mary

Neil barron
April 20, 2018 08:30 Risso’s Dolphin 8 0 Normal swimming 15

Spanish head

Neil Barron
April 13, 2018 10:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 15

On Warts Bank

Martin Lambden
April 11, 2018 15:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 0 Bow riding 5

Off Douglas, seen from Ben-my-Chree

Zoe Sowrey
April 7, 2018 15:20 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Logging on surface 5

Rue Point

Nick Pinder
April 7, 2018 12:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Langness

Kath Giles
April 7, 2018 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 20 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Calf Lighthouses

Calf wardens
April 6, 2018 13:00 Harbour Porpoise 25 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Calf Lighthouses

Calf Wardens
April 4, 2018 13:00 Unidentified Small Cetacean 3 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Langness by the lighthouse

Graham Sutton
March 29, 2018 07:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 6 0 Not recorded 15

Ramsey bay

Unknown
March 27, 2018 12:28 Harbour Porpoise 1 Feeding or foraging 5

S of Sound

Sue & Bill Whittaker
March 27, 2018 10:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 30 Fast swim or porpoising 90

Marine drive

Mike Radcliffe, Talitha Jane
March 26, 2018 17:15 Unidentified Small Cetacean 4 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Marine drive

Rachel and Alex Myers, Tom Kelly
March 24, 2018 12:05 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Scarlett trail

Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker

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 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
July 10, 2022 21:20 1 Suspected feeding 6 Three and a half miles NW of Calf Sound Dermot Shimmin