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
June 15, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 20 West of Calf of Man Quentin De Backer
June 15, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 5 Port Erin bay Not recorded
June 15, 2022 12:10 3 Tight circling 20 6 miles south Sugar loaf Kirrie jenkins, Doug Patrick
June 15, 2022 11:05 1 Suspected feeding 35 Douglas head Ian Wilcock
June 14, 2022 21:30 2 Suspected feeding 35 Marine drive Port Soderick end Kevin Sharpe
June 13, 2022 19:55 1 Tight circling 15 Fort Island David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
June 12, 2022 10:40 1 Suspected feeding 120 Peel headlands-breakwater John Baker, Alastair Sutherland, Jon Corlett, Elli Gawne, Julie Howarth
June 11, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 160 Gansey bay Tim, Richard Corlett
June 9, 2022 10:57 1 Suspected feeding 10 Jurby Lizzie Coote
June 7, 2022 18:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Marine drive MWDW
June 6, 2022 16:40 1 Swimming 5 5m off Port Erin Faye Devlin
June 3, 2022 11:05 1 Swimming 1 Half a mile west of Spanish Head Malcolm Stewart
June 2, 2022 15:20 1 Swimming 1 Off Jurby head Malcolm Stewart
May 29, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 East of the Sound MWDW
May 26, 2022 13:40 1 Swimming 15 Peel Castle Eric Holmes, Oliver & Sarah Middleton