Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| April 1, 2017 | 11:25 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 55 |
South west of Point of Ayre |
Colin Gundry |
| April 1, 2017 | 12:45 | Risso’s Dolphin | 3 | 1 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Douglas head |
Colin Cowie |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 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 |