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
June 23, 2022 16:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 1 Half a mile north of Calf Sound Malcolm Stewart
June 22, 2022 18:15 1 2 Suspected feeding 20 Herring tower Langness Richard and Janice Cooil
June 22, 2022 19:20 1 Suspected feeding 2 6km SW of Chicken Rock David Bellamy & others
June 21, 2022 19:15 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Port Wallberry, Marine Drive Manx Ornithological Society Marine Drive walk
June 21, 2022 17:15 1 Suspected feeding 25 350m off Glen Wyllin Ian Young
June 18, 2022 11:00 1 Swimming 15 Marine Drive Craig Whalley
June 16, 2022 12:10 1 Suspected feeding 20 Douglas head Ian Wilcock
June 15, 2022 13:45 Suspected feeding 30 Port Soderick Jordan Palfreman
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