Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
October 30, 2016 11:40 Bottlenose Dolphin 10 0 Not recorded 5

Port Mooar

Anna Kerruish
October 29, 2016 09:30 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 1

Laxey

Shane Stigant
October 28, 2016 11:20 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Douglas Head

Phil Kneen
October 28, 2016 16:00 Minke Whale 3 2 Feeding or foraging 90

Marine Drive Toll gate

Neil Clague
October 28, 2016 16:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 20

Pigeon Stream Marine Drive

Neil Clague
October 28, 2016 14:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 120

Douglas

Shane Stigant
October 28, 2016 15:00 Risso’s Dolphin 1 0 Normal swimming 7

Peel

MWDW
October 21, 2016 09:15 Risso’s Dolphin 8 0 Normal swimming 75

Douglas Head

Liz Vipond, Andy Watson
October 21, 2016 14:20 Harbour Porpoise 6 1 Feeding or foraging 20

Marine Drive

John Cowin
October 21, 2016 15:20 Minke Whale 2 Feeding or foraging 20

Outside Laxey Bay

John Cowin
October 21, 2016 15:25 Harbour Porpoise 12 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Outside Laxey Bay

JohnCowin
October 21, 2016 11:15 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

500 metres South of Port St Mary

Bill Holgate
October 9, 2016 12:15 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Leaping 10

Langness

Richard
October 9, 2016 15:40 Risso’s Dolphin 4 1 Feeding or foraging 40

Port St Mary

Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker
October 9, 2016 16:35 Risso’s Dolphin 4 1 Feeding or foraging 100

The Sound

Sue, Carol & Bill

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