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 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