Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 3, 2018 12:40 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Bay Fine Port Erin

chris Burton shona Boat trips
June 3, 2018 14:40 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Bay Fine port Erin

chris Burton shona Boat trips
June 3, 2018 17:30 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 3

The Stack, Calf of Man

chris Burton shona Boat trips
June 3, 2018 18:50 Risso’s Dolphin 5 Feeding or foraging 10

Half a mile off Bradda Head

chris Burton shona Boat trips
June 3, 2018 20:00 Risso’s Dolphin 1 0 Normal swimming 5

North of Calf of Man

Rob Mercer
June 3, 2018 20:15 Risso’s Dolphin 2 2 Normal swimming 15

South of Calf Sound

Rob Mercer
June 3, 2018 18:30 Risso’s Dolphin 6 0 Feeding or foraging 5

0.7 Nm SSE of Calf Sound

& Shona boat trips
June 3, 2018 08:30 Risso’s Dolphin 4 0 Feeding or foraging 90

Between Langness and Santon Head

Netty & Steve Taggart
June 3, 2018 15:30 Risso’s Dolphin 4 0 Normal swimming 10

Calf Sound

Netty & Steve Taggart
June 3, 2018 11:50 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 5

Perwick bay

Kirrie Jenkins
June 3, 2018 12:15 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

East side of the Calf

Kirrie Jenkins
June 3, 2018 13:52 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 20

Niarbyl / Cronk ny arrey laa

Kirrie Jenkins
June 3, 2018 17:30 Common Dolphin 25 1 Fast swim or porpoising 15

Offshore Port Erin

Chris Mountain
June 3, 2018 12:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Port Erin

Sarah Hudson
June 3, 2018 12:00 Risso’s Dolphin 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Port Erin

Sarah Hudson

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 29, 2026 12:00 2 2 Suspected feeding 30 North of Whitestrand Jane Young
July 29, 2026 15:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 South side of Calf about 600m offshore Jan Gledhill
July 28, 2026 07:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 160 Below Bradda Head. Port Erin Andy Craine, Andy Karran, Christine Price
July 28, 2026 11:15 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 5 miles off Whitestrand Vanquish
July 27, 2026 13:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 240 Off Bradda Head Anne Connell, Abigail
July 27, 2026 18:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Behind Peel Castle Paul Marriott
July 19, 2026 09:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 1 Bradda head Iain quine
July 16, 2026 11:00 1 1 Swimming 10 South of Perwick bay Irene Thomasson
July 9, 2026 18:30 2 2 20 Whitestrand, north of Peel Harry
July 9, 2026 16:30 0 6 2 8 Parellel swimming 180 1km off Glen Mooar FHA photography, Harry Gell
July 9, 2026 17:00 5 5 Swimming 90 Between Kirk Michael & Orrisdale Ian & Dylan Judd
July 9, 2026 19:05 1 1 Swimming 5 Peel promenade (Bowling green end) Bill Whittaker
July 8, 2026 18:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 50 mts off shore, 500 mts south of Peel Castle Jan Ozyer
July 8, 2026 15:15 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Peel castle Andrew Butterworth
July 8, 2026 13:00 3 1 4 Suspected feeding 4 6 miles south of Chicken rocks Clive Rodgers