Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 15, 2024 11:30 Harbour porpoise 1 Fast swim or porpoising 5

10 miles NW of Calf Sound

Dermot Shimmin
June 15, 2024 20:15 Harbour porpoise 2 Fast swim or porpoising 15

Between Port Erin and Calf of Man

Matt Tyrer
June 15, 2024 10:50 Harbour porpoise 2 1 Normal swimming 5

The Sound

Martin Lambden
June 15, 2024 12:50 Harbour porpoise 1 1 Feeding or foraging 10

Ghaw Yairn, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
June 15, 2024 05:30 Risso’s dolphin 4 0 Normal swimming 360

Lighthouses-Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
June 13, 2024 10:15 Harbour porpoise 2 0 Not recorded 5

Gibdale, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
June 12, 2024 13:30 Risso’s dolphin 4 0 Normal swimming 10

South of the Calf

Rose Pollard
June 9, 2024 12:00 Harbour porpoise 1 1 Normal swimming 60

South Harbour

Calf Wardens
June 8, 2024 15:30 Common dolphin 0 1 Normal swimming 30

Derbyhaven

Sam Palmer, Holli Dentith
June 5, 2024 21:40 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Peel Beach

Pete Hughes
June 4, 2024 17:30 Risso’s dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 45

Marine Drive

Christopher Lees, Tom Morgan, Gemma
June 1, 2024 19:50 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Peel Breakwater

Dave Corkish
May 31, 2024 07:00 Risso’s dolphin 10 0 Boat interaction (not riding bow) 45

10 Miles north of Peel

Chris Gulland
May 29, 2024 11:30 Bottlenose dolphin 6 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Castletown bay

Groudle Class, Victoria Rd Primary School
May 29, 2024 12:30 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Not recorded 2

South harbour, Calf of Man

Calf wardens

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 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
July 5, 2022 09:00 1 3 Suspected feeding 120 1 km off White Strand & Gob-Y-Deigan Ian Judd
July 5, 2022 15:45 1 Swimming 15 Niarbyl Bay Georgina Franks, Lauren Slater