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
June 15, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 20 West of Calf of Man Quentin De Backer
June 15, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 5 Port Erin bay Not recorded
June 15, 2022 12:10 3 Tight circling 20 6 miles south Sugar loaf Kirrie jenkins, Doug Patrick
June 15, 2022 11:05 1 Suspected feeding 35 Douglas head Ian Wilcock
June 14, 2022 21:30 2 Suspected feeding 35 Marine drive Port Soderick end Kevin Sharpe
June 13, 2022 19:55 1 Tight circling 15 Fort Island David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
June 12, 2022 10:40 1 Suspected feeding 120 Peel headlands-breakwater John Baker, Alastair Sutherland, Jon Corlett, Elli Gawne, Julie Howarth
June 11, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 160 Gansey bay Tim, Richard Corlett
June 9, 2022 10:57 1 Suspected feeding 10 Jurby Lizzie Coote
June 7, 2022 18:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Marine drive MWDW
June 6, 2022 16:40 1 Swimming 5 5m off Port Erin Faye Devlin
June 3, 2022 11:05 1 Swimming 1 Half a mile west of Spanish Head Malcolm Stewart
June 2, 2022 15:20 1 Swimming 1 Off Jurby head Malcolm Stewart
May 29, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 East of the Sound MWDW
May 26, 2022 13:40 1 Swimming 15 Peel Castle Eric Holmes, Oliver & Sarah Middleton