Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 29, 2016 11:45 Harbour Porpoise 2 Normal swimming 1

Middle of Port Soderick Bay

Pete Quirk
May 29, 2016 16:30 Minke Whale 1 Normal swimming 3

Spanish Head, very close in.

Rick Taylor, Alex Taylor
May 24, 2016 07:00 Risso’s Dolphin 2 1 Feeding or foraging 30

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
May 24, 2016 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 1 Normal swimming 3

Bradda Head

Chris Burton
May 24, 2016 15:05 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 50

SSE of the Sound

Sue Whittaker
May 24, 2016 13:00 Risso’s Dolphin 8 0 Leaping 5

Langness

Terri Smith
May 23, 2016 19:44 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 30

South of the Sound

Sue & Bill Whittaker
May 22, 2016 16:54 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 45

South of the Sound

Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker
May 16, 2016 18:10 Risso’s Dolphin 6 0 Normal swimming 35

Douglas lighthouse/Marine Drive

Tom Brook, Lee Kennaugh
May 16, 2016 18:30 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Port St Mary, Kallow point

Graham Hall, MBSW
May 16, 2016 20:15 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Not recorded 10

South east of the Sound

Rhona & Rob
May 16, 2016 10:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 10

South of The Sound

Rick and Mary Strange
May 14, 2016 13:50 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Gob Liack to Little Ness

Colin Gundry
May 14, 2016 13:45 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Not recorded 5

South of the Sound

Paul Ward
May 14, 2016 09:35 Risso’s Dolphin 3 Normal swimming 1

Carrick Bay

Carol Woodall

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