Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
December 8, 2016 12:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 10 0 Feeding or foraging 75

Fort Island, Langness

Miles Shimmin
December 2, 2016 15:00 Risso’s Dolphin 1 0 Normal swimming 20

Peel Hill

Phil Boothby
November 27, 2016 14:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 30

West of Kitterland

Jo Middleton
November 26, 2016 14:30 Risso’s Dolphin 10 0 Leaping 45

East of the Calf

Susie MacKenzie Fidlin
November 20, 2016 14:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Off Sugarloaf

Mike ritchie
November 13, 2016 09:30 Minke Whale 2 0 Normal swimming 30

Douglas bay

Shane Stigant
November 13, 2016 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 3 1 Fast swim or porpoising 5

1 Km off Marine drive

Shane Stigant
November 6, 2016 08:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Dog Mills

Will Quayle
November 6, 2016 16:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 10 0 Not recorded 5

Laxey

Tom Parish
October 30, 2016 10:10 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 1

Little Ness

Pete Quirk
October 30, 2016 11:40 Bottlenose Dolphin 10 0 Not recorded 5

Port Mooar

Anna Kerruish
October 29, 2016 09:30 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 1

Laxey

Shane Stigant
October 28, 2016 11:20 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Douglas Head

Phil Kneen
October 28, 2016 16:00 Minke Whale 3 2 Feeding or foraging 90

Marine Drive Toll gate

Neil Clague
October 28, 2016 16:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 20

Pigeon Stream Marine Drive

Neil Clague

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 21, 2024 14:10 1 1 Swimming 10 Peel
May 20, 2024 18:20 1 1 Suspected feeding 80 Laxey bay Shane Stigant, Peta Rooney
May 18, 2024 14:30 1 Suspected feeding 15 Marine drive, Toll gate Andy Garrett
May 15, 2024 20:20 1 Suspected feeding 5 1/4 mile off Niarbyl Adam
May 14, 2024 11:50 1 Suspected feeding 10 3 miles NW of Peel Marshall Thompson
May 11, 2024 13:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 30 Derbyhaven Tim Collister
August 19, 2023 14:00 1 1 Swimming 5 Ayres Nature Reserve Gayle Johnson
June 4, 2023 23:00 3 3 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles West of Peel Finn and Joe Traynor
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