Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
September 25, 2017 14:15 Common Dolphin 12 0 Normal swimming 15

East of the Sound

Neil Barron
September 25, 2017 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Not recorded 5

East of the Sound

Neil Barron
September 25, 2017 13:15 Minke Whale 1 0 Not recorded 20

East of the Sound

Neil Barron
September 25, 2017 11:05 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 55

Marine Drive, Toll Gates

Colin Gundry
September 25, 2017 07:30 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 150

Onchan head

Lynsey Fosdal and others
September 25, 2017 17:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Bulgham bay

John Cowin
September 25, 2017 14:30 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 240

Douglas bay

Joanne O’Neill, Lottie and Hollie
September 25, 2017 18:00 Harbour Porpoise 6 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Laxey bay

John Cowin
September 25, 2017 12:00 Minke Whale 6 0 Feeding or foraging 360

Marine drive

MWDW and many other
September 25, 2017 15:45 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Normal swimming 30

Marine drive

MWDW and many other
September 25, 2017 15:00 Unidentified Small Cetacean 3 0 Not recorded 5

Marine drive

Jill Bunyan
September 20, 2017 09:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Peel Breakwater

Chrissy Callaghan
September 19, 2017 10:15 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Marine Drive, Toll Gate

Mike Craine
September 19, 2017 12:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 6 0 Fast swim or porpoising 40

Ramsey bay

Jenna Lawley
September 18, 2017 14:55 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Marine Drive, Little Ness

Colin Gundry

Recent basking shark sightings

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