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
May 29, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 East of the Sound MWDW
May 26, 2022 13:40 1 Swimming 15 Peel Castle Eric Holmes, Oliver & Sarah Middleton
May 24, 2022 18:00 1 Swimming 30 Port Erin bay Elizabeth Lawton
May 14, 2022 17:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 The Chasms Alessia
May 7, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 45 300m east of the Calf of Man Caroline & Phil Roriston and David
May 3, 2022 14:45 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin
May 1, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Dalby Richard Marks
April 29, 2022 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 15 Eary Cushlin Nicola