Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
November 2, 2017 13:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 10 0 Leaping 60

Just off the Llen beach

Waveney Jenkins
November 2, 2017 08:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 10 0 Feeding or foraging 30

1 mile off Bradda head

Neil Barron
November 2, 2017 11:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 0 Fast swim or porpoising 180

Kirk Michael to Jurby

Valerie Ross
November 1, 2017 11:55 Bottlenose Dolphin 4 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Peel headlands, halfway to Ballagyr

Don Brown
November 1, 2017 09:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 30 0 Leaping 180

Peel breakwater and off Peel castle

Mark Kneale & Tony@Peel Fish kiosk
October 31, 2017 13:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Fast swim or porpoising 1

North west of Jurby

Andrew Humphries
October 31, 2017 17:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 0 Normal swimming 10

Off Peel castle

Elizabeth Anne
October 29, 2017 08:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 1 Normal swimming 5

Douglas head

Tom Brook
October 26, 2017 13:35 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

500 m off Marine Drive, just south of Pigeon Stream

Peter Quirk
October 26, 2017 11:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Carrick bay, Port St Mary

Martin Lambden
October 26, 2017 13:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Castletown bay

Martin Lambden
October 26, 2017 16:30 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 10

The Arches, Marine drive

Ali Clarke
October 26, 2017 17:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 5 0 Leaping 30

Langness

Don Brown
October 22, 2017 11:00 Unidentified Large Cetacean 1 0 Normal swimming 1

1/4 of a mile south east of the chasms

Morgan Guy
October 20, 2017 15:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Langness

Janice Reynolds

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 31, 2023 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 200 Elby Point, North of Niarbyl Adam, Tom, Lee
May 29, 2023 13:20 1 1 Swimming 20 Bradda head Jo and Richard Lewy
May 29, 2023 08:10 1 1 Swimming 10 Point of Ayre Andy Dyke
May 27, 2023 12:30 1 Breaching 1 12 miles west chicken rock Fourwinns
May 27, 2023 16:25 1 Breaching 1 South of sound 4 miles Fourwinns
May 27, 2023 06:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 6 miles off Ballaugh Max Crookall
May 19, 2023 10:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Rue Point Casey J Fishing Charter
May 13, 2023 18:15 1 Suspected feeding 5 Perwick bay Jacky Hall
May 11, 2023 16:45 1 1 Swimming 1 Contrary Head Paul Barlow
May 10, 2023 20:45 1 Tight circling 20 Behind peel castle Iva
May 9, 2023 12:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 15 miles East of Point of Ayre Chris Hill
May 8, 2023 18:45 3 3 Suspected feeding 10 White beach niarbyl Matt Tyrer
May 8, 2023 20:20 1 1 Swimming 10 Peel breakwater Will holden
May 7, 2023 12:00 1 Swimming 10 Point of Ayre Liz Charter
May 6, 2023 11:10 1 Swimming 5 Port Erin bay Kathleen