Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
November 3, 2017 17:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Douglas head

Christian Hall
November 3, 2017 13:15 Common Dolphin 50 10 Feeding or foraging 15

Off Glen Maye

John Henley
November 3, 2017 12:15 Common Dolphin 30 0 Fast swim or porpoising 30

2 miles NW of Peel

Tom Felce
November 2, 2017 12:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 0 Fast swim or porpoising 180

Ramsey bay to Cornaa

Martin Packard, Gez Sowrey etc.
November 2, 2017 13:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 10 0 Leaping 60

Just off the Llen beach

Waveney Jenkins
November 2, 2017 08:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 10 0 Feeding or foraging 30

1 mile off Bradda head

Neil Barron
November 2, 2017 11:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 0 Fast swim or porpoising 180

Kirk Michael to Jurby

Valerie Ross
November 1, 2017 11:55 Bottlenose Dolphin 4 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Peel headlands, halfway to Ballagyr

Don Brown
November 1, 2017 09:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 30 0 Leaping 180

Peel breakwater and off Peel castle

Mark Kneale & Tony@Peel Fish kiosk
October 31, 2017 13:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Fast swim or porpoising 1

North west of Jurby

Andrew Humphries
October 31, 2017 17:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 0 Normal swimming 10

Off Peel castle

Elizabeth Anne
October 29, 2017 08:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 1 Normal swimming 5

Douglas head

Tom Brook
October 26, 2017 13:35 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

500 m off Marine Drive, just south of Pigeon Stream

Peter Quirk
October 26, 2017 11:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Carrick bay, Port St Mary

Martin Lambden
October 26, 2017 13:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Castletown bay

Martin Lambden

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 13, 2022 19:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Langness Laura Elizabeth
August 11, 2022 19:25 1 Suspected feeding 10 Warts Bank, Calf of Man Gemini
August 10, 2022 16:00 1 Suspected feeding 30 Orrisdale head Katie Robertson
August 10, 2022 19:40 1 Suspected feeding 20 Port Erin-Sound John Rimmer
August 9, 2022 17:25 1 Suspected feeding 3 Between Jurby and the Cronk Andrea & Robert
August 9, 2022 18:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Off Orrisdale Head Andrea & Robert
August 7, 2022 16:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Ballaghennie, Point of Ayre Combine
August 4, 2022 11:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf Stephen Cowley
August 4, 2022 16:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Between Port Erin and the Sound Phil M
August 4, 2022 21:25 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin Bay Andy Karran
August 4, 2022 17:05 1 Suspected feeding 10 West of the Calf Stanley Conlon
August 3, 2022 15:30 1 Suspected feeding 10 Edge of Peel bay Chris Duff
August 3, 2022 20:15 1 Suspected feeding 30 Port Erin Dan James
August 3, 2022 15:00 1 Suspected feeding 30 Niarbyl Rosa
July 29, 2022 09:30 1 Swimming 5 3 miles East of Calf of Man STV Leader