Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
October 28, 2016 11:20 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Douglas Head

Phil Kneen
October 28, 2016 16:00 Minke Whale 3 2 Feeding or foraging 90

Marine Drive Toll gate

Neil Clague
October 28, 2016 16:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 20

Pigeon Stream Marine Drive

Neil Clague
October 28, 2016 14:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 120

Douglas

Shane Stigant
October 28, 2016 15:00 Risso’s Dolphin 1 0 Normal swimming 7

Peel

MWDW
October 21, 2016 09:15 Risso’s Dolphin 8 0 Normal swimming 75

Douglas Head

Liz Vipond, Andy Watson
October 21, 2016 14:20 Harbour Porpoise 6 1 Feeding or foraging 20

Marine Drive

John Cowin
October 21, 2016 15:20 Minke Whale 2 Feeding or foraging 20

Outside Laxey Bay

John Cowin
October 21, 2016 15:25 Harbour Porpoise 12 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Outside Laxey Bay

JohnCowin
October 21, 2016 11:15 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

500 metres South of Port St Mary

Bill Holgate
October 9, 2016 12:15 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Leaping 10

Langness

Richard
October 9, 2016 15:40 Risso’s Dolphin 4 1 Feeding or foraging 40

Port St Mary

Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker
October 9, 2016 16:35 Risso’s Dolphin 4 1 Feeding or foraging 100

The Sound

Sue, Carol & Bill
October 9, 2016 17:15 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 15

S of The Sound

Sue & Carol
October 9, 2016 14:10 Harbour Porpoise 4 0 Normal swimming 20

The Sound

Pete Lumb

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 9, 2022 17:25 1 Suspected feeding 3 Between Jurby and the Cronk Andrea & Robert
August 9, 2022 18:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Off Orrisdale Head Andrea & Robert
August 7, 2022 16:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Ballaghennie, Point of Ayre Combine
August 4, 2022 11:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf Stephen Cowley
August 4, 2022 16:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Between Port Erin and the Sound Phil M
August 4, 2022 21:25 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin Bay Andy Karran
August 4, 2022 17:05 1 Suspected feeding 10 West of the Calf Stanley Conlon
August 3, 2022 15:30 1 Suspected feeding 10 Edge of Peel bay Chris Duff
August 3, 2022 20:15 1 Suspected feeding 30 Port Erin Dan James
August 3, 2022 15:00 1 Suspected feeding 30 Niarbyl Rosa
July 29, 2022 09:30 1 Swimming 5 3 miles East of Calf of Man STV Leader
July 28, 2022 20:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 1 mile off Peel Casey J
July 27, 2022 13:00 1 Tight circling 10 Gibdale Point Peter Kay
July 18, 2022 19:37 1 Suspected feeding 5 Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound Nina Shimmin
July 16, 2022 18:00 1 Suspected feeding 80 Port Erin undeleeb din, Elasmomann