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 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
May 24, 2022 18:00 1 Swimming 30 Port Erin bay Elizabeth Lawton
May 14, 2022 17:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 The Chasms Alessia
May 7, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 45 300m east of the Calf of Man Caroline & Phil Roriston and David
May 3, 2022 14:45 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin
May 1, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Dalby Richard Marks
April 29, 2022 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 15 Eary Cushlin Nicola