Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 16, 2023 | 09:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 40 | 10 | Fast swim or porpoising | 270 |
Niarbyl to Peel |
Jane Young, Yacht John North, Lianne V |
| October 16, 2023 | 10:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Port Erin Bay |
Nathan James, Helen Victoria |
| October 15, 2023 | 12:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Castletown Bay, near the Bell Buoy |
Ian Astill & Cam Sayle |
| October 15, 2023 | 14:20 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 20 |
Langness lighthouse |
Mark, Caz, Thomas & Louie Mcgillion and the Donnan tribe |
| October 15, 2023 | 13:50 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 40 |
Port Erin bay |
Evie Lewis |
| October 12, 2023 | 09:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 210 |
Castletown bay |
Jan Cooil, Beth Greenhalgh, Stuart Lyon |
| October 12, 2023 | 17:20 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Fast swim or porpoising | 20 |
Peel Bay |
MWDW |
| October 12, 2023 | 16:10 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Marine drive toll gate |
Rose Mary and Hector |
| October 11, 2023 | 18:40 | Minke Whale | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Onchan Head |
James Robertson |
| October 11, 2023 | 15:25 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 10 |
Peel Bay |
MWDW |
| October 10, 2023 | 16:50 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
Through the Sound |
Calf Wardens |
| October 7, 2023 | 09:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
Baie Fine, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| October 1, 2023 | 18:20 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Off Peel breakwater |
MWDW, Di Swaine, Christy DeHaven |
| October 1, 2023 | 14:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 35 | 5 | Feeding or foraging | 150 |
Bulgham Bay to Laxey |
Steve Wright and others |
| October 1, 2023 | 13:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 20 |
Between Port Grenaugh and Port Soderick |
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 |