Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 6, 2017 15:55 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 4

S of The Sound

Sue Whittaker
May 6, 2017 16:27 Harbour Porpoise 1 Feeding or foraging 20

S of Sound

Sue Whittaker
May 1, 2017 09:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 15

East of the Sound

Cheryl Gatfield
April 28, 2017 15:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 1 Normal swimming 1

Close to the Red Buoy, Castletown Bay

Pete Quirk
April 26, 2017 14:00 Risso’s Dolphin 1 Normal swimming 45

Marine drive

Hannah Hall
April 23, 2017 09:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Ramsey

Danny Kermeen
April 20, 2017 20:40 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 10

Laxey bay

Laura
April 20, 2017 16:25 Harbour Porpoise 5 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Langness

Neil and Glennis Corkill
April 17, 2017 13:40 Risso’s Dolphin 6 0 Normal swimming 10

Kallow point, Port St Mary

Graham and Jackie Hall
April 17, 2017 09:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 15

Spanish head

Cheryl Gatfield
April 12, 2017 18:00 Unidentified Small Cetacean 1 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Langness

The Bromiley Family
April 7, 2017 13:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Normal swimming 10

Douglas

Danny Kermeen, Cameron Pike
April 2, 2017 16:15 Harbour Porpoise 2 Feeding or foraging 11

South of Langness

Vicky Taylor
April 1, 2017 11:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 1 Normal swimming 3

Rue Point, Andreas.

Nick Pinder
April 1, 2017 12:00 Risso’s Dolphin 10 0 Normal swimming 40

Onchan Head

Dylan Yates

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 29, 2023 08:10 1 1 Swimming 10 Point of Ayre Andy Dyke
May 27, 2023 12:30 1 Breaching 1 12 miles west chicken rock Fourwinns
May 27, 2023 16:25 1 Breaching 1 South of sound 4 miles Fourwinns
May 27, 2023 06:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 6 miles off Ballaugh Max Crookall
May 19, 2023 10:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Rue Point Casey J Fishing Charter
May 13, 2023 18:15 1 Suspected feeding 5 Perwick bay Jacky Hall
May 11, 2023 16:45 1 1 Swimming 1 Contrary Head Paul Barlow
May 10, 2023 20:45 1 Tight circling 20 Behind peel castle Iva
May 9, 2023 12:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 15 miles East of Point of Ayre Chris Hill
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