Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 17, 2017 13:50 Harbour Porpoise 2 Feeding or foraging 90

Sound Car Park

Sue & Bill Whittaker
May 13, 2017 20:10 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Port Erin breakwater

Carol, Bill & Sue
May 12, 2017 19:53 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 10

West of the Sound

Carol, Sue, Rhona & Robin
May 11, 2017 15:45 Risso’s Dolphin 7 0 Normal swimming 10

The Chasms

Sue, Carol & Bill
May 10, 2017 18:36 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Fast swim or porpoising 2

South of the Sound

Carol Woodall
May 10, 2017 20:13 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Port St Mary

Carol, Sue & Bill
May 10, 2017 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 7 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Bradda Head

Kirrie Jenkins
May 9, 2017 19:45 Harbour Porpoise 4 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Ledges Port St M ary

Janice Richard Cooil
May 9, 2017 11:30 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 5

South of the Sound

Katherine Miller
May 7, 2017 11:00 Harbour Porpoise 4 0 Not recorded 1

100 metres NW of Gibdale Point.

D J Richards
May 7, 2017 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 120

East of The Sound

MWDW
May 7, 2017 15:10 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 60

West of The Sound

MWDW
May 7, 2017 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Half a mile south of the Calf

Kirrie Jenkins
May 7, 2017 10:00 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Warts bank

Martin Lambden
May 7, 2017 07:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

100m off the islets of Langness

Liz Charter and Tim Earl

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