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
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