Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 21, 2016 13:05 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Fast swim or porpoising 5

Port St Mary

Stuart Marshall
July 21, 2016 10:45 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Normal swimming 15

Langness

Sarah Welch
July 21, 2016 16:00 Harbour Porpoise 0 1 Normal swimming 30

Cornaa

Stephen Gadman
July 20, 2016 14:15 Risso’s Dolphin 8 0 Normal swimming 15

The Sound

Shaun Murphy
July 19, 2016 11:00 Risso’s Dolphin 8 0 Leaping 3

The Sound

Chris Burton shona boat trips
July 19, 2016 11:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Not recorded 1

Calf of Man

Chris Burton shona boat trips
July 19, 2016 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 2

Calf of Man

Chris Burton shona boat trips
July 19, 2016 14:30 Risso’s Dolphin 9 0 Blowing 10

Bay Fine, Port Erin

Chris Burton shona boat trips
July 19, 2016 11:30 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 10

Chicken Rock

Kirrie Jenkins
July 18, 2016 12:00 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Fort Island

Mandie and Ditte
July 16, 2016 18:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Fast swim or porpoising 1

Marine Drive

Rachel Jackson
July 16, 2016 13:00 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 15

Calf of Man

Bob Taylor (Gemini)
July 16, 2016 12:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 1

Spanish Head

Bob Taylor (Gemini)
July 16, 2016 12:05 Risso’s Dolphin 8 0 Bow riding 20

1 Mile off Dalby

Krzysztof Arciszewski
July 14, 2016 17:39 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 2

Port St Mary

Stuart marshall

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
July 5, 2022 15:00 1 1 Swimming 180 Peel breakwater Colin Lawrenson, Alistair Sutherland and other
July 4, 2022 12:00 3 Suspected feeding 200 Peel breakwater to the headlands Andi young, Neil Westwood, The Mitchell family
July 3, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Glen Maye – Peel Hill David R
July 3, 2022 15:55 1 Suspected feeding 10 150-200m off Peel Castle Mike Davies
June 30, 2022 13:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 15 Scarlett Virginia Keig
June 30, 2022 16:24 0 0 1 Swimming 2 North coast of the Calf of Man Tom Morgan and Gemma Scotts
June 27, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles west of Peel Max Crookall
June 23, 2022 16:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 1 Half a mile north of Calf Sound Malcolm Stewart
June 22, 2022 18:15 1 2 Suspected feeding 20 Herring tower Langness Richard and Janice Cooil