Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
April 22, 2024 13:45 Risso’s dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 120

Marine Drive

Benjamin Roobottom
April 21, 2024 19:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Fast swim or porpoising 45

Peel bay

Cathleen Collister, Jason Corlett
April 21, 2024 10:45 Risso’s dolphin 1 0 Other 15

The Sound

Martin Lambden
April 21, 2024 08:00 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Cow harbour, Calf of Man

Calf wardens
April 21, 2024 13:00 Harbour porpoise 4 1 Fast swim or porpoising 1

Chicken rocks, Calf of Man

Calf wardens
April 21, 2024 14:10 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Gibdale point

Calf wardens
April 21, 2024 14:30 Harbour porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Calf of Man lighthouse

Calf wardens
April 21, 2024 19:00 Common dolphin 60 10 Fast swim or porpoising 30

The Stack, west Calf of Man

Calf wardens
April 20, 2024 19:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Not recorded 5

NW of Calf lighthouses

Calf Wardens
April 20, 2024 16:30 Harbour porpoise 2 1 Feeding or foraging 15

Gibdale point

Calf wardens
April 20, 2024 15:00 Bottlenose dolphin 7 0 Normal swimming 5

Chicken rocks, Calf of Man

Calf wardens
April 19, 2024 13:40 Risso’s dolphin 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Port Mooar

Shane Stigant
April 19, 2024 18:30 Risso’s dolphin 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
April 19, 2024 16:30 Harbour porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Caigher point, Calf of Man

Calf wardens
April 17, 2024 14:00 Harbour porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Caigher point, west Calf of Man

Calf wardens

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