Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 7, 2017 19:40 Unidentified Small Cetacean 6 0 Leaping 15

4miles north west of the Sound

Rob, Bill, Sue & Carol
July 7, 2017 15:00 Harbour Porpoise 4 1 Feeding or foraging 15

South of the Sound

Sue, Carol, Bil
July 7, 2017 15:55 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Fast swim or porpoising 20

West of the Sound

Carol, Sue, Bill
July 7, 2017 16:50 Harbour Porpoise 2 Fast swim or porpoising 5

West of the Sound

Carol Woodall
July 7, 2017 13:00 Risso’s Dolphin 10 0 Leaping 10

Peel Hill

janice richard cooil
July 6, 2017 13:35 Risso’s Dolphin 12 0 Normal swimming 5

Off Spanish Head

Neil
July 6, 2017 12:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 1 Normal swimming 30

Port St Mary

Ian Wilcock
July 6, 2017 12:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 30

Port St Mary

Ian Wilcock
July 6, 2017 18:10 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 10

West of the Sound

Carol, Sue
July 5, 2017 21:00 Risso’s Dolphin 12 0 Normal swimming 5

Chasms

Neil Kelly
July 5, 2017 12:30 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 5

6 mile off Port St Mary

Martin Lambden
July 5, 2017 12:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

6 miles off Port St Mary

Alastair Macleod
July 5, 2017 11:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Dhoon Glen

Bruce & Lisa Nelson
July 5, 2017 06:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 10 0 Bow riding 10

Maughold

Anon
July 5, 2017 17:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

2 miles off Port Erin

Nina Shimmin

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
June 30, 2022 16:24 0 0 1 Swimming 2 North coast of the Calf of Man Tom Morgan and Gemma Scotts
June 27, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles west of Peel Max Crookall
June 23, 2022 16:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 1 Half a mile north of Calf Sound Malcolm Stewart
June 22, 2022 18:15 1 2 Suspected feeding 20 Herring tower Langness Richard and Janice Cooil
June 22, 2022 19:20 1 Suspected feeding 2 6km SW of Chicken Rock David Bellamy & others
June 21, 2022 19:15 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Port Wallberry, Marine Drive Manx Ornithological Society Marine Drive walk
June 21, 2022 17:15 1 Suspected feeding 25 350m off Glen Wyllin Ian Young
June 18, 2022 11:00 1 Swimming 15 Marine Drive Craig Whalley