Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
March 30, 2024 18:00 Harbour porpoise 2 1 Feeding or foraging 10

Chicken rock

Calf Wardens
March 29, 2024 17:30 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 5

Gibdale, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
March 29, 2024 18:00 Common dolphin 5 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Chick rock

Calf Wardens
March 28, 2024 16:00 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Calf of Man Lighthouses

Calf Wardens
March 27, 2024 18:00 Common dolphin 5 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Calf of Man Lighthouses

Calf Wardens
March 26, 2024 14:00 Harbour porpoise 5 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Chicken Rock

Calf Wardens
March 26, 2024 10:10 Harbour porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

The puddle, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
March 24, 2024 13:00 Bottlenose dolphin 25 5 Bow riding 350

Back of the Calf-Sugarloaf-The Sound

Buster, Kieron, Louise, Stephen, Martin, Sue, Carol, Bill
March 24, 2024 17:25 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 5

West of The Sound

Carol, Sue & Bill
March 24, 2024 15:40 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Not recorded 5

East coast of the Calf

Calf Wardens
March 24, 2024 13:30 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Gibdale, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
March 24, 2024 11:40 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Calf lighthouses

Calf Wardens
March 23, 2024 13:34 Risso’s dolphin 1 0 Fast swim or porpoising 5

Marine Drive Arches

Carol Woodall, Sue & Bill
March 20, 2024 10:30 Risso’s dolphin 1 0 Normal swimming 60

Onchan head to Marine drive

Gilly Culshaw, Sheena
March 20, 2024 09:30 Risso’s dolphin 5 0 Normal swimming 10

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
May 29, 2023 08:10 1 1 Swimming 10 Point of Ayre Andy Dyke
May 27, 2023 12:30 1 Breaching 1 12 miles west chicken rock Fourwinns
May 27, 2023 16:25 1 Breaching 1 South of sound 4 miles Fourwinns
May 27, 2023 06:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 6 miles off Ballaugh Max Crookall
May 19, 2023 10:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Rue Point Casey J Fishing Charter
May 13, 2023 18:15 1 Suspected feeding 5 Perwick bay Jacky Hall
May 11, 2023 16:45 1 1 Swimming 1 Contrary Head Paul Barlow
May 10, 2023 20:45 1 Tight circling 20 Behind peel castle Iva
May 9, 2023 12:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 15 miles East of Point of Ayre Chris Hill
May 8, 2023 18:45 3 3 Suspected feeding 10 White beach niarbyl Matt Tyrer
May 8, 2023 20:20 1 1 Swimming 10 Peel breakwater Will holden
May 7, 2023 12:00 1 Swimming 10 Point of Ayre Liz Charter
May 6, 2023 11:10 1 Swimming 5 Port Erin bay Kathleen
August 28, 2022 10:00 3 Suspected feeding 360 Peel bay Peter Bradley, Nia Clague and many others
August 25, 2022 11:00 0 1 Tight circling 300 Niarbyl Keira & Owen, Stewart Ward