Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 24, 2016 15:41 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Fast swim or porpoising 1

SE of Sound

Sue Whittaker
June 23, 2016 07:30 Risso’s Dolphin 3 1 Feeding or foraging 90

Off Spanish head

David Wright
June 23, 2016 08:30 Risso’s Dolphin 10 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Off Spanish head

David Wright
June 23, 2016 08:20 Common Dolphin 6 0 Fast swim or porpoising 5

Off Spanish head

David Wright
June 18, 2016 11:05 Risso’s Dolphin 10 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Onchan Head

David Cain
June 18, 2016 20:10 Minke Whale 1 Normal swimming 1

10 miles off Bradda head

Dermot Shimmin
June 17, 2016 21:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 10 10 Feeding or foraging 15

Ramsey Bay

Eddie Sullivan & Colette Gambell
June 16, 2016 13:30 Risso’s Dolphin 30 0 Leaping 10

Fort Island, Langness

Mark Kitching
June 16, 2016 20:20 Risso’s Dolphin 10 0 Normal swimming 10

Marine Drive

Diane Short
June 14, 2016 18:10 Risso’s Dolphin 11 0 Normal swimming 40

Marine drive-Douglas head

Anicka parkin
June 12, 2016 14:30 Risso’s Dolphin 12 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Just north of chicken rock

Olivia Lang
June 12, 2016 16:15 Minke Whale 2 0 Normal swimming 5

5nm west of the calf

Dan Keeling
June 11, 2016 17:05 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Douglas head

Colin Gundry
June 10, 2016 19:50 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 10

About 1/4 of mile off Little Ness headland just off Marine Drive

Jon Russell-Dunn
June 10, 2016 18:45 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 5

Bradda Head

Adele Priest

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