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 |