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
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
August 9, 2022 17:25 1 Suspected feeding 3 Between Jurby and the Cronk Andrea & Robert
August 9, 2022 18:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Off Orrisdale Head Andrea & Robert
August 7, 2022 16:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Ballaghennie, Point of Ayre Combine
August 4, 2022 11:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf Stephen Cowley
August 4, 2022 16:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Between Port Erin and the Sound Phil M
August 4, 2022 21:25 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin Bay Andy Karran