Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 25, 2016 14:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Laxey bay

Graeme Healy
August 25, 2016 12:10 Harbour Porpoise 2 1 Feeding or foraging 30

Bay Fine

Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker
August 25, 2016 17:30 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Fort Island

Raine family
August 25, 2016 19:15 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Marine Drive

Carol Woodall & Bill Whittaker
August 25, 2016 18:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Marine Drive

Carol, Sue, Bill
August 25, 2016 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 7 0 Normal swimming 5

800 metres East of the Chasms

Bill Holgate
August 24, 2016 17:15 Common Dolphin 10 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Langness

Richard and Janice Cooil
August 24, 2016 20:30 Risso’s Dolphin 1 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Langness

Liz Charter and Tim Earl
August 24, 2016 15:30 Risso’s Dolphin 10 0 Normal swimming 260

Marine Drive

MWDW, Lynne Corrie, Kevin Scott, Michael Corlett, Becci Owen
August 24, 2016 11:30 Common Dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 5

Port St Mary

Kirrie Jenkins
August 24, 2016 17:15 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

The Sound

Graeme Healy
August 22, 2016 18:25 Common Dolphin 30 0 Fast swim or porpoising 65

Peel to Dalby

Carol Woodall, Sue Whittaker, Paul Smith
August 22, 2016 20:50 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Leaping 5

South of the Sound

Sue Whittaker & Carol
August 19, 2016 19:50 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Fast swim or porpoising 20

West of the Sound

Sue Whittaker
August 18, 2016 13:30 Risso’s Dolphin 4 0 Leaping 95

West of The Sound

Cheryl Gatfield/Chris Burton

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
July 5, 2022 15:00 1 1 Swimming 180 Peel breakwater Colin Lawrenson, Alistair Sutherland and other
July 4, 2022 12:00 3 Suspected feeding 200 Peel breakwater to the headlands Andi young, Neil Westwood, The Mitchell family
July 3, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Glen Maye – Peel Hill David R
July 3, 2022 15:55 1 Suspected feeding 10 150-200m off Peel Castle Mike Davies
June 30, 2022 13:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 15 Scarlett Virginia Keig