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
June 15, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 20 West of Calf of Man Quentin De Backer
June 15, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 5 Port Erin bay Not recorded
June 15, 2022 12:10 3 Tight circling 20 6 miles south Sugar loaf Kirrie jenkins, Doug Patrick
June 15, 2022 11:05 1 Suspected feeding 35 Douglas head Ian Wilcock
June 14, 2022 21:30 2 Suspected feeding 35 Marine drive Port Soderick end Kevin Sharpe
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