Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 18, 2016 15:45 Harbour Porpoise 4 0 Normal swimming 3

West of the Sound

chris Burton shona Boat trips
August 15, 2016 09:45 Risso’s Dolphin 10 2 Feeding or foraging 180

West of The Sound

Terry & Marie O’Connor/Chris Burton
August 15, 2016 11:15 Harbour Porpoise 4 0 Normal swimming 2

Calf of Man

Chris Burton shona boat trips
August 15, 2016 18:00 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 2

Bradda Head

Chris Burton shona boat trips
August 15, 2016 08:25 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Tail slapping 5

Onchan

Mike Kelly
August 15, 2016 20:30 Harbour Porpoise 6 0 Not recorded 5

Perwick Bay

Dan Wood
August 14, 2016 15:00 Harbour Porpoise 4 0 Normal swimming 5

Cow Harbour

Chris Burton shona boat trips
August 14, 2016 17:00 Risso’s Dolphin 10 0 Normal swimming 60

Peel Hill

Dave Dentith and Sarah Corlett
August 14, 2016 09:00 Risso’s Dolphin 4 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Derbyhaven

Darren Watterson
August 10, 2016 10:30 Unidentified Small Cetacean 2 0 Fast swim or porpoising 5

Caigher point, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
August 5, 2016 14:30 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Fast swim or porpoising 15

The Chasms

MWDW
August 5, 2016 14:30 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 5

Scarlett

Adam Kelly
August 5, 2016 11:00 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 3

The Sound

Chris Burton shona boat trips
August 5, 2016 11:15 Common Dolphin 3 0 Fast swim or porpoising 5

Port St Mary

Bill Holgate
August 3, 2016 19:00 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 5

Fleshwick

Anonymous

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