Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| 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 |