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
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
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