Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
November 14, 2017 09:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 60 20 Normal swimming 30

Cornaa

Lizzie Turner
November 12, 2017 11:40 Bottlenose Dolphin 16 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Santon Gorge

Neil Barron
November 12, 2017 13:10 Unidentified Small Cetacean 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Marine drive

Trevor Nelson
November 11, 2017 14:40 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Marine drive, Toll gate

Melissa Cooil
November 11, 2017 14:38 Bottlenose Dolphin 12 0 Normal swimming 45

Maughold-Cornaa

Poppy Evans, Anna Kerruish
November 11, 2017 10:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 3 0 Leaping 5

Castletown bay

Mrs Lechański
November 11, 2017 09:55 Bottlenose Dolphin 7 0 Not recorded 20

Marine drive

Anon
November 6, 2017 08:40 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 0 Bow riding 5

Douglas head

Andy Atkinson
November 5, 2017 13:00 Harbour Porpoise 4 0 Feeding or foraging 60

Langness lighthouse

Jill, Kath, Maureen, Nigel
November 3, 2017 07:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 40 0 Normal swimming 45

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
November 3, 2017 13:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 10 0 Bow riding 60

Off Peel castle

MWDW
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.

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 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
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