Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
October 14, 2017 11:25 Minke Whale 2 0 Normal swimming 15

The Arches, Marine drive

Colin Gundry
October 8, 2017 10:45 Minke Whale 1 0 Not recorded 10

Douglas bay

Stephen Beckley
October 8, 2017 13:05 Minke Whale 4 1 Feeding or foraging 200

Marine drive. From Arches to pigeon stream

Bill & Sue Whittaker, Carol Woodall
October 8, 2017 14:45 Common Dolphin 10 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Marine Drive. Sth of Arches.

Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker
October 8, 2017 15:10 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Marine Drive, Arches

Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker
October 7, 2017 17:25 Unidentified Small Cetacean 2 0 Normal swimming 1

Pigeon Stream, Marine Drive

Bill Whittaker
October 7, 2017 18:15 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Marine Drive, off The Arches

Carol Woodall, Sue Whittaker.
September 30, 2017 14:20 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 240

Onchan

Louise Stewart, Paul Apperley, Essie Montgomary
September 28, 2017 09:10 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Marine Drive

Andrew Wedgwood Mayne
September 28, 2017 09:40 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 15

About 600m from the coast of King Edward Bay

Zoe Bennett
September 28, 2017 09:15 Minke Whale 2 0 Normal swimming 2

Marine Drive

Susan Bottell
September 26, 2017 12:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Onchan Head, less than half a mile off shore. Viewed from King Edward Bay House.

Andrew Mackie
September 26, 2017 08:40 Minke Whale 3 0 Feeding or foraging 120

Marine drive

Many observers
September 25, 2017 16:15 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Marine Drive

Aidan and ChristinePickering
September 25, 2017 14:45 Minke Whale 6 0 Normal swimming 90

Marine drive-Little Ness

Jill Bunyan

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 28, 2022 10:00 3 Suspected feeding 360 Peel bay Peter Bradley, Nia Clague and many others
August 25, 2022 11:00 0 1 Tight circling 300 Niarbyl Keira & Owen, Stewart Ward
August 24, 2022 08:30 1 Suspected feeding 240 Peel Breakwater John Hills, Max Crookall
August 21, 2022 15:00 1 Suspected feeding 120 Port Erin Debbie McGregor
August 20, 2022 11:00 1 Parellel swimming 10 Peel Castle Jonathan Reilly
August 15, 2022 18:35 1 Swimming 5 Back of the Calf Joshua and Jake, Paul, Tanya and others on Shona boat
August 14, 2022 13:50 1 Suspected feeding 120 West of the Sound MWDW
August 13, 2022 19:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Langness Laura Elizabeth
August 11, 2022 19:25 1 Suspected feeding 10 Warts Bank, Calf of Man Gemini
August 10, 2022 16:00 1 Suspected feeding 30 Orrisdale head Katie Robertson
August 10, 2022 19:40 1 Suspected feeding 20 Port Erin-Sound John Rimmer
August 9, 2022 17:25 1 Suspected feeding 3 Between Jurby and the Cronk Andrea & Robert
August 9, 2022 18:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Off Orrisdale Head Andrea & Robert
August 7, 2022 16:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Ballaghennie, Point of Ayre Combine
August 4, 2022 11:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf Stephen Cowley