Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
April 16, 2024 11:00 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 8

Cow harbour, Calf of Man

Calf wardens
April 16, 2024 11:30 Harbour porpoise 2 0 Fast swim or porpoising 5

Calf of Man lighthouse

Calf wardens
April 16, 2024 08:30 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Cow harbour, Calf of Man

Calf wardens
April 15, 2024 07:35 Risso’s dolphin 1 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
April 14, 2024 10:30 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 15

Laxey Bay

Robert Fisher
April 14, 2024 15:30 Bottlenose dolphin 6 2 Normal swimming 5

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
April 14, 2024 17:15 Risso’s dolphin 5 0 Normal swimming 15

West of the Calf of Man

Spike Webb
April 14, 2024 11:30 Harbour porpoise 3 1 Feeding or foraging 20

Calf of Man lighthouse

Calf wardens
April 14, 2024 12:00 Common dolphin 7 0 Normal swimming 5

Chicken rocks, Calf of Man

Calf wardens
April 13, 2024 17:00 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Cow harbour, Calf of Man

Calf wardens
April 11, 2024 16:00 Harbour porpoise 8 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Calf of Man lighthouse

Calf wardens
April 10, 2024 18:30 Moonlight and Starlight 2 Normal swimming 60

Port Erin bay

Lina
April 10, 2024 16:00 Harbour porpoise 7 2 Feeding or foraging 5

Calf of Man lighthouse

Calf wardens
April 9, 2024 16:30 Harbour porpoise 8 2 Feeding or foraging 10

Off Calf of Man lighthouses

Calf wardens
April 9, 2024 17:00 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 12

South harbour, 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
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
June 16, 2022 12:10 1 Suspected feeding 20 Douglas head Ian Wilcock
June 15, 2022 13:45 Suspected feeding 30 Port Soderick Jordan Palfreman