Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 21, 2023 | 09:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 6 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| November 18, 2023 | 14:45 | Humpback whale | 1 | 0 | Leaping | 20 |
4 miles out of Laxey |
Shane Stigant |
| November 17, 2023 | 07:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 6 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Maughold head |
Colin Russell |
| November 16, 2023 | 09:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Peel- Fenella beach and Castle |
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| November 16, 2023 | 08:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 50 | 10 | Feeding or foraging | 50 |
Onchan Head-Douglas |
Anne Austin, Lucy Swift |
| November 11, 2023 | 10:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 240 |
Douglas head and Marine drive |
Beanys Jess |
| November 11, 2023 | 11:30 | Harbour porpoise | 5 | 1 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Kallow point, Port St Mary |
Steve Wright |
| November 10, 2023 | 13:20 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 120 |
Marine drive |
Adam Tansley-Scales, Jay Skillocorn, Zoe Sowrey. |
| November 7, 2023 | 10:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 6 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Laxey Bay |
Shane Stigant |
| November 5, 2023 | 14:45 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
Big Head, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| November 4, 2023 | 15:00 | Humpback whale | 1 | 0 | Leaping | 50 |
Perwick bay |
Cheryl M, Jackie and Graham Hall |
| October 22, 2023 | 11:05 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Marine drive tollgates |
Steve Wright |
| October 22, 2023 | 17:35 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Castletown bay |
Caroline |
| October 22, 2023 | 17:20 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
The Sound |
Carol Woodall Sue Whittaker |
| October 22, 2023 | 15:15 | Risso’s dolphin | 2 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
Cow 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| 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 |