Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 14, 2016 15:10 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 90

S of Sound

Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker
May 14, 2016 17:50 Harbour Porpoise 2 Feeding or foraging 30

S of Sound

Sue Whittaker & Carol
May 14, 2016 19:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 Not recorded 25

S of Sound

Rhona, Rob and Sue
May 14, 2016 15:40 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Fast swim or porpoising 15

Marine drive (north end of road closure)

John Cowin and Aisha Gadir
May 14, 2016 16:45 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Not recorded 10

Marine Drive

Rachel Jackson
May 13, 2016 12:03 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 5

S of Sound

Sue Whittaker &Bill
May 13, 2016 13:01 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 2

S of Sound

Sue Whittaker
May 12, 2016 13:50 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Fast swim or porpoising 1

SE of The Sound

Bill & Sue Whittaker
May 11, 2016 14:50 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

South of The Sound

Sue & Bill Whittaker
May 10, 2016 11:50 Risso’s Dolphin 1 0 Fast swim or porpoising 5

Marine Drive

MWDW
May 9, 2016 12:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Marine Drive

Graham Bayliss
May 8, 2016 14:30 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 20

Douglas Lighthouse and Marine Drive

Maggie Shutler/Daniel Hurst
May 6, 2016 13:38 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 1

South of The Sound

Sue Whittaker
May 6, 2016 19:47 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 5

South of The Sound

Sue Whittaker
May 6, 2016 07:50 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Douglas Bay

Mandy Maynard Wise

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 3, 2024 15:00 1 Swimming 5 Point of Ayre Anon
August 1, 2024 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 6 miles off Ramsey Orry Corlett
May 31, 2024 14:30 1 Suspected feeding 15 Peel Castle Keith H
May 22, 2024 12:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 3 kms off Scarlett Tom
May 21, 2024 14:10 1 1 Swimming 10 Peel
May 20, 2024 18:20 1 1 Suspected feeding 80 Laxey bay Shane Stigant, Peta Rooney
May 18, 2024 14:30 1 Suspected feeding 15 Marine drive, Toll gate Andy Garrett
May 15, 2024 20:20 1 Suspected feeding 5 1/4 mile off Niarbyl Adam
May 14, 2024 11:50 1 Suspected feeding 10 3 miles NW of Peel Marshall Thompson
May 11, 2024 13:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 30 Derbyhaven Tim Collister
August 19, 2023 14:00 1 1 Swimming 5 Ayres Nature Reserve Gayle Johnson
June 4, 2023 23:00 3 3 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles West of Peel Finn and Joe Traynor
May 31, 2023 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 200 Elby Point, North of Niarbyl Adam, Tom, Lee
May 29, 2023 13:20 1 1 Swimming 20 Bradda head Jo and Richard Lewy
May 29, 2023 08:10 1 1 Swimming 10 Point of Ayre Andy Dyke