Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 28, 2018 15:45 Harbour Porpoise 1 1 Normal swimming 5

Peel Castle

Sue
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

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 29, 2026 12:00 2 2 Suspected feeding 30 North of Whitestrand Jane Young
July 29, 2026 15:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 South side of Calf about 600m offshore Jan Gledhill
July 28, 2026 07:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 160 Below Bradda Head. Port Erin Andy Craine, Andy Karran, Christine Price
July 28, 2026 11:15 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 5 miles off Whitestrand Vanquish
July 27, 2026 13:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 240 Off Bradda Head Anne Connell, Abigail
July 27, 2026 18:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Behind Peel Castle Paul Marriott
July 19, 2026 09:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 1 Bradda head Iain quine
July 16, 2026 11:00 1 1 Swimming 10 South of Perwick bay Irene Thomasson
July 9, 2026 18:30 2 2 20 Whitestrand, north of Peel Harry
July 9, 2026 16:30 0 6 2 8 Parellel swimming 180 1km off Glen Mooar FHA photography, Harry Gell
July 9, 2026 17:00 5 5 Swimming 90 Between Kirk Michael & Orrisdale Ian & Dylan Judd
July 9, 2026 19:05 1 1 Swimming 5 Peel promenade (Bowling green end) Bill Whittaker
July 8, 2026 18:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 50 mts off shore, 500 mts south of Peel Castle Jan Ozyer
July 8, 2026 15:15 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Peel castle Andrew Butterworth
July 8, 2026 13:00 3 1 4 Suspected feeding 4 6 miles south of Chicken rocks Clive Rodgers