Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 8, 2017 | 15:10 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Marine Drive, Arches |
Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker |
| October 7, 2017 | 17:25 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Pigeon Stream, Marine Drive |
Bill Whittaker |
| October 7, 2017 | 18:15 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Marine Drive, off The Arches |
Carol Woodall, Sue Whittaker. |
| September 30, 2017 | 14:20 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 240 |
Onchan |
Louise Stewart, Paul Apperley, Essie Montgomary |
| September 28, 2017 | 09:10 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Marine Drive |
Andrew Wedgwood Mayne |
| September 28, 2017 | 09:40 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
About 600m from the coast of King Edward Bay |
Zoe Bennett |
| September 28, 2017 | 09:15 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Marine Drive |
Susan Bottell |
| September 26, 2017 | 12:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Onchan Head, less than half a mile off shore. Viewed from King Edward Bay House. |
Andrew Mackie |
| September 26, 2017 | 08:40 | Minke Whale | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 120 |
Marine drive |
Many observers |
| September 25, 2017 | 16:15 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Marine Drive |
Aidan and ChristinePickering |
| September 25, 2017 | 14:45 | Minke Whale | 6 | 0 | Normal swimming | 90 |
Marine drive-Little Ness |
Jill Bunyan |
| September 25, 2017 | 17:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 1 | Normal swimming | 30 |
1km off Peel breakwater |
MWDW |
| September 25, 2017 | 17:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Marine Drive, Toll gates |
Bill and Lada Henderson |
| September 25, 2017 | 14:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Douglas head |
Pete Quirk |
| September 25, 2017 | 12:40 | Minke Whale | 4 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 300 |
Laxey bay |
6 different observers |
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 | 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 | |||
| 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 |