Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 28, 2018 15:00 Harbour Porpoise 10 0 Feeding or foraging 15

6 miles off Peel

June 28, 2018 15:00 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 15

6 miles off Peel

June 28, 2018 14:55 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 1

Bay Fine Port Erin

chris Burton shona Boat trips
June 28, 2018 15:10 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 2

Gibdale bay Calf of man

chris Burton shona Boat trips
June 28, 2018 15:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Off the lighthouses Calf of man

chris Burton shona Boat trips
June 28, 2018 11:30 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 60

Off South Harbour Calf of man

chris Burton shona Boat trips, Matt Dean
June 27, 2018 15:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

West of the Sound

June 27, 2018 15:30 Risso’s Dolphin 2 1 Normal swimming 30

The Sound

June 27, 2018 08:53 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Four miles out from Douglas

Belinda Leach
June 27, 2018 15:00 Risso’s Dolphin 7 2 Normal swimming 15

Off the stack Calf of man

chris Burton shona Boat trips
June 27, 2018 15:30 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 5

The sound East side 2 miles off

chris Burton shona Boat trips
June 27, 2018 13:00 Risso’s Dolphin 2 1 Normal swimming 4

East side Sound

chris Burton shona Boat trips
June 27, 2018 21:18 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 10

10 metres off Peel Breakwater

Eleanor Goodall
June 26, 2018 13:40 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Bay Fine Port Erin

chris Burton shona Boat trips
June 25, 2018 11:05 Risso’s Dolphin 10 0 Normal swimming 10

Castletown Bay

Brian Kneale

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
April 29, 2022 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 15 Eary Cushlin Nicola