Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 18, 2017 11:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 2

Sugarloaf

Kirrie Jenkins
June 18, 2017 15:00 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 2

Fleshwick

Kirrie Jenkins
June 18, 2017 15:30 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Feeding or foraging 40

Port St Mary

Steve Quilliam
June 18, 2017 10:00 Risso’s Dolphin 2 1 Normal swimming 5

Bradda Head

Richard Hill
June 4, 2017 07:40 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Ramsey Bay

Danny Kermeen
June 2, 2017 15:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 5

5 miles off Peel

Anon
May 31, 2017 09:30 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Leaping 5

Off Peel

Nicky Horne
May 25, 2017 20:15 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Port Erin Bay.

Liz Charter and Tim Earl (and visitors who spotted them)
May 25, 2017 15:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Leaping 5

3.5 miles off Bradda Head

Nicky Horne
May 24, 2017 11:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Cranstal (near Point of Ayre)

Paula Wadsworth
May 24, 2017 12:58 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 15

South of the Sound

Sue & Bill Whittaker
May 20, 2017 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 10

South of the Sound

Steve Wright
May 19, 2017 15:45 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Point of Ayre

Bill & Sue Whittaker
May 17, 2017 16:15 Minke Whale 0 0 Normal swimming 5

10kms south of Castletown

Craig Woodbridge/David Beard
May 17, 2017 12:35 Harbour Porpoise 1 Feeding or foraging 15

PSM ledges

Sue & Bill Whittaker

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 4, 2022 17:05 1 Suspected feeding 10 West of the Calf Stanley Conlon
August 3, 2022 15:30 1 Suspected feeding 10 Edge of Peel bay Chris Duff
August 3, 2022 20:15 1 Suspected feeding 30 Port Erin Dan James
August 3, 2022 15:00 1 Suspected feeding 30 Niarbyl Rosa
July 29, 2022 09:30 1 Swimming 5 3 miles East of Calf of Man STV Leader
July 28, 2022 20:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 1 mile off Peel Casey J
July 27, 2022 13:00 1 Tight circling 10 Gibdale Point Peter Kay
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