Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 5, 2016 11:15 Common Dolphin 3 0 Fast swim or porpoising 5

Port St Mary

Bill Holgate
August 3, 2016 19:00 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 5

Fleshwick

Anonymous
August 1, 2016 09:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 1 Feeding or foraging 10

Castletown Bay

Peter Quirk
August 1, 2016 11:30 Risso’s Dolphin 6 0 Normal swimming 3

Warts Bank

Peter Quirk
August 1, 2016 12:15 Risso’s Dolphin 8 0 Normal swimming 5

Calf of Man

Peter Quirk
August 1, 2016 11:00 Risso’s Dolphin 10 0 Feeding or foraging 10

5mile off Niarbyl

Mal kelly
August 1, 2016 11:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Warts Bank

Chris Burton shona boat trips
July 31, 2016 13:00 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Bow riding 15

Calf of Man

Krzysztof Arciszewski
July 30, 2016 15:30 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 1

The Sound

Chris Burton shona boat trips
July 28, 2016 17:25 Unidentified Small Cetacean Normal swimming 10

South of the Sound

Martin Holdsworth
July 28, 2016 14:00 Common Dolphin Fast swim or porpoising 15

South east of the Calf

Graham Hall
July 27, 2016 14:00 Risso’s Dolphin 6 0 Not recorded 15

Chicken Rock

Chris Burton shona boat trips
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

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
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