Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 7, 2016 15:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 2

Port St Mary

Iain Wilkinson
June 7, 2016 15:45 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Not recorded 6

Calf of Man

Chris Burton
June 6, 2016 15:50 Harbour Porpoise 6 0 Normal swimming 5

Langness

Karen & Richard Hooper
June 6, 2016 17:45 Minke Whale 2 Feeding or foraging 2

10 miles off Peel

William Bailie
June 6, 2016 13:00 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 10

Langness

Adam Kelly
June 5, 2016 18:00 Risso’s Dolphin 6 1 Blowing 30

Langness

Ed and Jo Duggan
June 3, 2016 07:30 Risso’s Dolphin 5 1 Fast swim or porpoising 20

1 mile East Langness

huw fairclough
June 3, 2016 07:30 Common Dolphin 1 0 Bow riding 5

Douglas head, from Ben-my-Chree

Tom Felce
June 3, 2016 19:00 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 10

15 miles off Peel

Tom Felce
June 3, 2016 12:00 Risso’s Dolphin 7 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Castletown Bay

Salma Shalla
May 30, 2016 16:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 2

Langness

Lottie Morris
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

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
July 14, 2022 07:30 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles off Contrary head Max Crookall
July 12, 2022 03:00 2 Swimming 120 Port Erin Bay Charles Leclerc
July 11, 2022 10:40 1 1 Suspected feeding 7 1nm SE of South Harbour, Calf of Man David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
July 10, 2022 21:20 1 Suspected feeding 6 Three and a half miles NW of Calf Sound Dermot Shimmin
July 5, 2022 09:00 1 3 Suspected feeding 120 1 km off White Strand & Gob-Y-Deigan Ian Judd
July 5, 2022 15:45 1 Swimming 15 Niarbyl Bay Georgina Franks, Lauren Slater