Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
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| June 28, 2018 | 10:20 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Perwick Bay |
Neil Barron |
| June 28, 2018 | 11:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
The Sound |
Matt Dean |
| 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 |
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| June 28, 2018 | 15:00 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
6 miles off Peel |
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| 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 |
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| June 27, 2018 | 15:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 2 | 1 | Normal swimming | 30 |
The Sound |
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| 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 |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
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| 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 | |||
| July 5, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 180 | Peel breakwater | Colin Lawrenson, Alistair Sutherland and other | ||
| July 4, 2022 | 12:00 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 200 | Peel breakwater to the headlands | Andi young, Neil Westwood, The Mitchell family | |||
| July 3, 2022 | 14:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Glen Maye – Peel Hill | David R | |||
| July 3, 2022 | 15:55 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 150-200m off Peel Castle | Mike Davies | |||
| June 30, 2022 | 13:50 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Scarlett | Virginia Keig |