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
June 13, 2022 19:55 1 Tight circling 15 Fort Island David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
June 12, 2022 10:40 1 Suspected feeding 120 Peel headlands-breakwater John Baker, Alastair Sutherland, Jon Corlett, Elli Gawne, Julie Howarth
June 11, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 160 Gansey bay Tim, Richard Corlett
June 9, 2022 10:57 1 Suspected feeding 10 Jurby Lizzie Coote
June 7, 2022 18:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Marine drive MWDW
June 6, 2022 16:40 1 Swimming 5 5m off Port Erin Faye Devlin
June 3, 2022 11:05 1 Swimming 1 Half a mile west of Spanish Head Malcolm Stewart
June 2, 2022 15:20 1 Swimming 1 Off Jurby head Malcolm Stewart
May 29, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 East of the Sound MWDW
May 26, 2022 13:40 1 Swimming 15 Peel Castle Eric Holmes, Oliver & Sarah Middleton
May 24, 2022 18:00 1 Swimming 30 Port Erin bay Elizabeth Lawton
May 14, 2022 17:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 The Chasms Alessia
May 7, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 45 300m east of the Calf of Man Caroline & Phil Roriston and David
May 3, 2022 14:45 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin
May 1, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Dalby Richard Marks