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
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
July 5, 2022 15:00 1 1 Swimming 180 Peel breakwater Colin Lawrenson, Alistair Sutherland and other
July 4, 2022 12:00 3 Suspected feeding 200 Peel breakwater to the headlands Andi young, Neil Westwood, The Mitchell family
July 3, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Glen Maye – Peel Hill David R
July 3, 2022 15:55 1 Suspected feeding 10 150-200m off Peel Castle Mike Davies
June 30, 2022 13:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 15 Scarlett Virginia Keig
June 30, 2022 16:24 0 0 1 Swimming 2 North coast of the Calf of Man Tom Morgan and Gemma Scotts
June 27, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles west of Peel Max Crookall
June 23, 2022 16:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 1 Half a mile north of Calf Sound Malcolm Stewart
June 22, 2022 18:15 1 2 Suspected feeding 20 Herring tower Langness Richard and Janice Cooil