Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 11, 2024 21:08 Harbour porpoise 2 Feeding or foraging 5

Port St Mary Ledges

Amy
May 11, 2024 09:00 Risso’s dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Marine Drive Arches

Pawel G
May 11, 2024 10:00 Risso’s dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Marine Drive

Pawel g
May 11, 2024 14:40 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Amulty, north of Calf of Man

Calf wardens
May 10, 2024 17:20 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Port St Mary Ledges

Sue Whittaker
May 10, 2024 17:25 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Port St Mary Ledges

Sue Whittaker
May 10, 2024 20:30 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Peel bay

Jay Skillicorn
May 10, 2024 11:30 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Bow riding 5

Bride

Tom Morgan
May 10, 2024 13:55 Harbour porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 10

East of The Sound, Calf of Man

Calf wardens
May 8, 2024 18:35 Harbour porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 15

South of the Sound

C Woodall, Sue Whittaker
May 8, 2024 10:30 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

South harbour, Calf of Man

Calf wardens
May 7, 2024 16:00 Harbour porpoise 2 1 Feeding or foraging 2

Cow harbour, Calf of Man

Calf wardens
May 6, 2024 13:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 210

Peel bay

Scarlett Farmer, MWDW
May 6, 2024 13:00 Risso’s dolphin 1 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Peel by the lifeboat slip

Scarlett Farmer and others
May 5, 2024 16:15 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 45

Laxey Breakwater

Steve Wright

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