Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 13, 2018 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 00 Normal swimming 1

Bay Fine Port Erin

Shona Boat Trips Chris Burton
May 13, 2018 14:35 Harbour Porpoise 5 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Sugarloaf

John Cowin
May 13, 2018 17:55 Harbour Porpoise 6 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Perwick bay

Kirree Jenkins
May 13, 2018 10:44 Risso’s Dolphin 7 0 Normal swimming 10

Perwick Bay

MWDW
May 12, 2018 10:45 Risso’s Dolphin 15 0 Normal swimming 20

3/4 mile off Sugar Loaf

Kevin Dunn
May 12, 2018 14:05 Risso’s Dolphin 4 0 Fast swim or porpoising 30

W of Sound car park

Sue, MWDW, Graham & Emily Underhill
May 12, 2018 13:25 Harbour Porpoise 4 0 Feeding or foraging 15

N of Calf

Carol, Neil & Sue
May 12, 2018 13:55 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 10

N of Calf

Carol Woodall, Neil Barron
May 12, 2018 16:07 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 20

W of Sound car park

Carol, Sue, Neil, Bill
May 12, 2018 17:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 15

N of Kitterland

Sue, Carol, Neil & others
May 12, 2018 17:30 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 90

Niarbyl

MWDW, Sue, Bill, Carol
May 12, 2018 10:50 Risso’s Dolphin 8 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Perwick

Neil Barron
May 12, 2018 10:50 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Kallow point

Neil Barron
May 7, 2018 15:07 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 15

N of Calf

Carol Woodall, Neil barron, Sue Whittaker
May 7, 2018 16:50 Risso’s Dolphin 6 0 Normal swimming 140

Between Calf and Langness

Carol Woodall, Sue, Neil & Bill

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
September 22, 2026 18:30 1 1 10 Fenella Keiron and Charlotte
September 21, 2026 16:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Port Erin Bay Jacqueline Yates
September 20, 2026 16:30 1 1 Swimming 5 Baystacka Tom boat trips isle of man
September 13, 2026 08:25 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Between Port Erin and Fleshwick Bay Christa Morris
September 4, 2026 16:00 0 1 0 1 Swimming 15 Point of Ayre, Ballaghennie Kathryn Sheard
August 16, 2026 12:50 1 1 Tight circling 15 Approx 0.5 mile South of Fenella Beach Not recorded
August 16, 2026 19:15 1 1 Suspected feeding 15 Just off Peel breakwater Harriet Benjamin
August 15, 2026 11:30 2 2 Suspected feeding 50 Off Peel headland Richard, Janice and Mel Cooil
August 11, 2026 10:30 1 1 Breaching 35 100m off Peel Hill Ava & Ian Judd, Jo Stainthorop
August 9, 2026 15:35 1 1 Suspected feeding 15 Port Erin bay (adjacent to lifeboat station) Gordon Crowe
August 9, 2026 13:55 1 1 Breaching 5 South Harbour, Calf of Man Sam Bowers
August 9, 2026 10:50 1 0 1 Suspected feeding 8 Peel hill Jo Stainthorp
August 8, 2026 12:55 1 1 Suspected feeding 25 Just south of Peel Castle Jan Ozyer
August 7, 2026 16:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 30 Just off breakwater in Port Erin. Siobhan Meredith
August 6, 2026 11:40 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Off Port Erin breakwater Siobhan Meredith