Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 8, 2017 13:10 Bottlenose Dolphin 10 0 Fast swim or porpoising 120

Peel Breakwater-Niarbyl

Many
July 7, 2017 20:18 Bottlenose Dolphin 7 3 Feeding or foraging 80

North of the Sound

Bill, Sue &Carol
July 7, 2017 19:40 Unidentified Small Cetacean 6 0 Leaping 15

4miles north west of the Sound

Rob, Bill, Sue & Carol
July 7, 2017 15:00 Harbour Porpoise 4 1 Feeding or foraging 15

South of the Sound

Sue, Carol, Bil
July 7, 2017 15:55 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Fast swim or porpoising 20

West of the Sound

Carol, Sue, Bill
July 7, 2017 16:50 Harbour Porpoise 2 Fast swim or porpoising 5

West of the Sound

Carol Woodall
July 7, 2017 13:00 Risso’s Dolphin 10 0 Leaping 10

Peel Hill

janice richard cooil
July 6, 2017 13:35 Risso’s Dolphin 12 0 Normal swimming 5

Off Spanish Head

Neil
July 6, 2017 12:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 1 Normal swimming 30

Port St Mary

Ian Wilcock
July 6, 2017 12:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 30

Port St Mary

Ian Wilcock
July 6, 2017 18:10 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 10

West of the Sound

Carol, Sue
July 5, 2017 21:00 Risso’s Dolphin 12 0 Normal swimming 5

Chasms

Neil Kelly
July 5, 2017 12:30 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 5

6 mile off Port St Mary

Martin Lambden
July 5, 2017 12:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

6 miles off Port St Mary

Alastair Macleod
July 5, 2017 11:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Dhoon Glen

Bruce & Lisa Nelson

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 8, 2023 18:45 3 3 Suspected feeding 10 White beach niarbyl Matt Tyrer
May 8, 2023 20:20 1 1 Swimming 10 Peel breakwater Will holden
May 7, 2023 12:00 1 Swimming 10 Point of Ayre Liz Charter
May 6, 2023 11:10 1 Swimming 5 Port Erin bay Kathleen
August 28, 2022 10:00 3 Suspected feeding 360 Peel bay Peter Bradley, Nia Clague and many others
August 25, 2022 11:00 0 1 Tight circling 300 Niarbyl Keira & Owen, Stewart Ward
August 24, 2022 08:30 1 Suspected feeding 240 Peel Breakwater John Hills, Max Crookall
August 21, 2022 15:00 1 Suspected feeding 120 Port Erin Debbie McGregor
August 20, 2022 11:00 1 Parellel swimming 10 Peel Castle Jonathan Reilly
August 15, 2022 18:35 1 Swimming 5 Back of the Calf Joshua and Jake, Paul, Tanya and others on Shona boat
August 14, 2022 13:50 1 Suspected feeding 120 West of the Sound MWDW
August 13, 2022 19:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Langness Laura Elizabeth
August 11, 2022 19:25 1 Suspected feeding 10 Warts Bank, Calf of Man Gemini
August 10, 2022 16:00 1 Suspected feeding 30 Orrisdale head Katie Robertson
August 10, 2022 19:40 1 Suspected feeding 20 Port Erin-Sound John Rimmer