Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
April 30, 2018 14:50 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 2

W of the Sound

Sue Whittaker
April 29, 2018 15:20 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 10

SE of Sound

Sue, Neil & Bill
April 29, 2018 16:15 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 50

SE of Sound

Sue Whittaker, Neil Barron
April 28, 2018 13:20 Harbour Porpoise 2 1 Feeding or foraging 180

SE of Sound

Sue & Bill Whittaker & Neil Barron
April 28, 2018 16:05 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Fast swim or porpoising 5

W of the Sound

Bill & Sue Whittaker
April 28, 2018 19:40 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 15

SE of Sound

Robin & Rhona Settrey
April 27, 2018 14:10 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Fast swim or porpoising 1

S of Sound

Sue Whittaker
April 27, 2018 15:27 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 15

SE of Sound

Sue Whittaker
April 21, 2018 13:45 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

End of airport runway

Em
April 21, 2018 10:15 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 120

North of the Sound

Sea Kayaking IOM
April 21, 2018 08:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 20

The Ledges, Port St Mary

Neil barron
April 20, 2018 08:30 Risso’s Dolphin 8 0 Normal swimming 15

Spanish head

Neil Barron
April 13, 2018 10:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 15

On Warts Bank

Martin Lambden
April 11, 2018 15:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 0 Bow riding 5

Off Douglas, seen from Ben-my-Chree

Zoe Sowrey
April 7, 2018 15:20 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Logging on surface 5

Rue Point

Nick Pinder

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
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