Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
March 6, 2017 12:25 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Fast swim or porpoising 1

Port St Mary

Carol Woodall and Sue Whittaker
March 6, 2017 14:00 Unidentified Large Cetacean 2 0 Logging on surface 11

Langness

Liz Mitchell
March 6, 2017 10:50 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 3

Laxey bay

cath hinks
March 4, 2017 15:00 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Blue point

Linda Broome-smith
February 21, 2017 14:05 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 0 Normal swimming 60

Peel Bay

Allen S Moore, Sue & Ian Griffiths, RSPB
February 19, 2017 12:05 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 2

Rue Point

Nick Pinder
February 15, 2017 14:00 Common Dolphin 2 0 Bow riding 15

5 miles NW of Peel

Drew Humphries
February 5, 2017 09:20 Bottlenose Dolphin 80 20 Normal swimming 60

Between the Calf and Langness

Nick Cowell, Martin Lampden
February 3, 2017 14:20 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 5

150m off Peel breakwater

David Wright
January 29, 2017 09:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 5 Fast swim or porpoising 80

Port-e-vullen

kebaoffshore/Anna Kerruish
January 17, 2017 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 2

Douglas Head

Pete Quirk
January 8, 2017 12:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 8 0 Fast swim or porpoising 30

North of Langness

Peter Broadhurst
January 7, 2017 12:30 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Garwick bay, Baldrine

Georgina Franks
January 7, 2017 09:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 100 0 Leaping 240

Dalby-Peel Breakwater

Peter Hewes, Peel breakwater kiosk, Kim Tastagh and others
January 7, 2017 11:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 7 3 Feeding or foraging 300

Douglas head

Tom Brook

Recent basking shark sightings

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