Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 26, 2016 09:00 Bottlenose Dolphin Normal swimming 20

Contrary head

Thomas T H Felce
July 24, 2016 18:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 50 0 Leaping 45

North of The Calf of Man

MWDW/Hopes and Dreams
July 23, 2016 13:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Fast swim or porpoising 2

Bay Fine, Port Erin

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
July 21, 2016 13:05 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Fast swim or porpoising 5

Port St Mary

Stuart Marshall
July 21, 2016 10:45 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Normal swimming 15

Langness

Sarah Welch
July 21, 2016 16:00 Harbour Porpoise 0 1 Normal swimming 30

Cornaa

Stephen Gadman
July 20, 2016 14:15 Risso’s Dolphin 8 0 Normal swimming 15

The Sound

Shaun Murphy
July 19, 2016 11:00 Risso’s Dolphin 8 0 Leaping 3

The Sound

Chris Burton shona boat trips
July 19, 2016 11:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Not recorded 1

Calf of Man

Chris Burton shona boat trips
July 19, 2016 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 2

Calf of Man

Chris Burton shona boat trips
July 19, 2016 14:30 Risso’s Dolphin 9 0 Blowing 10

Bay Fine, Port Erin

Chris Burton shona boat trips
July 19, 2016 11:30 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 10

Chicken Rock

Kirrie Jenkins
July 18, 2016 12:00 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Fort Island

Mandie and Ditte
July 16, 2016 18:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Fast swim or porpoising 1

Marine Drive

Rachel Jackson
July 16, 2016 13:00 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 15

Calf of Man

Bob Taylor (Gemini)

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 29, 2023 08:10 1 1 Swimming 10 Point of Ayre Andy Dyke
May 27, 2023 12:30 1 Breaching 1 12 miles west chicken rock Fourwinns
May 27, 2023 16:25 1 Breaching 1 South of sound 4 miles Fourwinns
May 27, 2023 06:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 6 miles off Ballaugh Max Crookall
May 19, 2023 10:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Rue Point Casey J Fishing Charter
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