Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 30, 2024 18:00 Common dolphin 5 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
August 29, 2024 12:40 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 10

Peel Bay

John Barker
August 28, 2024 16:00 Bottlenose dolphin 4 0 Normal swimming 5

West of Calf Sound

Helen williams
August 28, 2024 18:10 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Fast swim or porpoising 50

Bulgham Bay to Laxey

Carol Woodall, Sue & Bill
August 27, 2024 15:25 Harbour porpoise 3 2 Feeding or foraging 35

Between Gibdale and Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
August 27, 2024 12:10 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
August 26, 2024 14:45 Bottlenose dolphin 6 4 Feeding or foraging 10

Peel

Dave Corkish
August 25, 2024 20:00 Bottlenose dolphin 18 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Perwick Bay

Buster Nixon
August 24, 2024 13:45 Bottlenose dolphin 30 30 Leaping 200

Port Erin Bay-The Sound

Lots of observers
August 24, 2024 14:00 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 5

South Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
August 23, 2024 14:00 Harbour porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Gibdale, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
August 22, 2024 10:00 Harbour porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Culbery, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
August 22, 2024 11:10 Common dolphin 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Culbery, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
August 22, 2024 08:00 Common dolphin 1 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
August 21, 2024 07:25 Harbour porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Culbery, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens

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