Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 6, 2023 | 11:55 | Harbour porpoise | 8 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
Gibdale, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| September 5, 2023 | 09:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Fast swim or porpoising | 550 |
Port Erin to Laxey |
Gini, Matt and others |
| September 4, 2023 | 19:25 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Port St Mary |
Kerr Family |
| September 4, 2023 | 11:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 10 | 10 | Feeding or foraging | 210 |
Toll gate Marine Drive |
Carol Woodall, Sue Whittaker, James Joyce, Elisa Matthews, James Robertson |
| September 3, 2023 | 16:55 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | Leaping | 1 |
5 miles wnw of Calf Sound |
Nina, Joanna and Dermot Shimmin | ||
| September 1, 2023 | 16:35 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 4 | 0 | Leaping | 2 |
Eleven miles NW from Calf Sound |
Nina, Joanna and Dermot Shimmin |
| August 30, 2023 | 18:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| August 30, 2023 | 08:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 1 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
Cow Harbour towards Port Erin |
Calf Wardens |
| August 29, 2023 | 09:40 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Fast swim or porpoising | 270 |
Castletown-Douglas |
Simon Williams, Ruth Black, Shelley |
| August 28, 2023 | 16:15 | Humpback whale | 1 | 1 | Not recorded | 2 |
6 miles off Douglas, seen from the Manannan |
Sam Glennie |
| August 28, 2023 | 16:00 | Harbour porpoise | 5 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
Big Head, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| August 25, 2023 | 11:10 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Fast swim or porpoising | 30 |
Little Ness to Douglas |
Shane Stigant and Craig Whalley |
| August 24, 2023 | 19:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 30 | 0 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 20 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| August 24, 2023 | 10:45 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Peel bay |
Many |
| August 23, 2023 | 08:15 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Port Erin |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| August 24, 2022 | 08:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 240 | Peel Breakwater | John Hills, Max Crookall | |||
| August 21, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | Port Erin | Debbie McGregor | |||
| August 20, 2022 | 11:00 | 1 | Parellel swimming | 10 | Peel Castle | Jonathan Reilly | |||
| August 15, 2022 | 18:35 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Back of the Calf | Joshua and Jake, Paul, Tanya and others on Shona boat | |||
| August 14, 2022 | 13:50 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | West of the Sound | MWDW | |||
| August 13, 2022 | 19:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Langness | Laura Elizabeth | |||
| August 11, 2022 | 19:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Warts Bank, Calf of Man | Gemini | |||
| August 10, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Orrisdale head | Katie Robertson | |||
| August 10, 2022 | 19:40 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Port Erin-Sound | John Rimmer | |||
| August 9, 2022 | 17:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 3 | Between Jurby and the Cronk | Andrea & Robert | |||
| August 9, 2022 | 18:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Off Orrisdale Head | Andrea & Robert | ||
| August 7, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Ballaghennie, Point of Ayre | Combine | |||
| August 4, 2022 | 11:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf | Stephen Cowley |