Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
January 5, 2018 14:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 1 Feeding or foraging 25

The Arches, Marine drive

Ian Wilcock
January 5, 2018 09:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 25 0 Normal swimming 300

Maughold to Groudle

Pete Lumb, Laura, Tara Dunk and others
December 22, 2017 13:15 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 15

500 metres east of the Stack, Castletown Bay.

Peter Quirk
December 18, 2017 08:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 50 10 Normal swimming 200

Cornaa to Douglas bay and Marine drive

Anna Kerruish, Neil Barron, Kevin Campbell and others
December 18, 2017 08:30 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 5

Cornaa

Anna Kerruish
December 10, 2017 14:55 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 15

North of the Sound

Anne-Marie Clark
December 2, 2017 08:45 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 10 Normal swimming 90

Cornaa to Laxy

Lizzie Turner
November 18, 2017 10:15 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Sugarloaf

Martin Lambden
November 17, 2017 11:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 7 0 Leaping 30

Groudle Glenn Sea Lion Rocks near Onchan

Christine Price
November 17, 2017 13:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 5 Leaping 80

Port Mooar to Ramsey bay

Alan Cook and Julie Corteen
November 15, 2017 16:25 Bottlenose Dolphin 6 0 Fast swim or porpoising 5

Douglas bay

Kevin Campbell
November 14, 2017 09:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 60 20 Normal swimming 30

Cornaa

Lizzie Turner
November 12, 2017 11:40 Bottlenose Dolphin 16 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Santon Gorge

Neil Barron
November 12, 2017 13:10 Unidentified Small Cetacean 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Marine drive

Trevor Nelson
November 11, 2017 14:40 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Marine drive, Toll gate

Melissa Cooil

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 13, 2023 18:15 1 Suspected feeding 5 Perwick bay Jacky Hall
May 11, 2023 16:45 1 1 Swimming 1 Contrary Head Paul Barlow
May 10, 2023 20:45 1 Tight circling 20 Behind peel castle Iva
May 9, 2023 12:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 15 miles East of Point of Ayre Chris Hill
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