Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
February 19, 2018 09:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Normal swimming 10

Marine Drive

Graham Bayliss
February 19, 2018 15:15 Harbour Porpoise 2 1 Feeding or foraging 75

Port Soderick

Ian Wilcock
February 19, 2018 13:20 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Laxey Bay

Cath Hinks
February 17, 2018 10:45 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Marine Drive

Neil Barron
February 17, 2018 12:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Douglas Bay

Neil Barron
February 17, 2018 14:45 Bottlenose Dolphin 50 0 Normal swimming 120

Groudle to Port Soderick to Fort Island

Brent Thomas, Joanne Rotherham, Dawn Fennell, David Bury
February 13, 2018 16:20 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Normal swimming 10

Port Soderick

Vivienne Liu
February 7, 2018 08:20 Common Dolphin 10 0 Bow riding 10

South of Chicken rocks

Darren Watterson
February 7, 2018 10:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 0 Feeding or foraging 40

Laxey to Bulgham

Alan Corlett, Lizzie, Mandy Maynard Wise
February 6, 2018 10:20 Bottlenose Dolphin 40 10 Not recorded 15

Clay head

Callum Perry
February 4, 2018 12:00 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 5

Marine drive

Neil Barron
February 3, 2018 12:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 5 0 Normal swimming 15

Laxey bay

Brian Liggins
February 2, 2018 16:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Normal swimming 20

Port Mooar

Andy Mckinlay
February 2, 2018 16:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 6 0 Normal swimming 15

Cornaa

Denise Moore and others
January 26, 2018 12:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 135 15 Fast swim or porpoising 240

Groudle to Derbyhaven

Too many to mention

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
July 14, 2022 07:30 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles off Contrary head Max Crookall
July 12, 2022 03:00 2 Swimming 120 Port Erin Bay Charles Leclerc
July 11, 2022 10:40 1 1 Suspected feeding 7 1nm SE of South Harbour, Calf of Man David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
July 10, 2022 21:20 1 Suspected feeding 6 Three and a half miles NW of Calf Sound Dermot Shimmin
July 5, 2022 09:00 1 3 Suspected feeding 120 1 km off White Strand & Gob-Y-Deigan Ian Judd
July 5, 2022 15:45 1 Swimming 15 Niarbyl Bay Georgina Franks, Lauren Slater
July 5, 2022 15:00 1 1 Swimming 180 Peel breakwater Colin Lawrenson, Alistair Sutherland and other
July 4, 2022 12:00 3 Suspected feeding 200 Peel breakwater to the headlands Andi young, Neil Westwood, The Mitchell family
July 3, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Glen Maye – Peel Hill David R
July 3, 2022 15:55 1 Suspected feeding 10 150-200m off Peel Castle Mike Davies
June 30, 2022 13:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 15 Scarlett Virginia Keig