Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
October 11, 2022 08:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 8 2 Fast swim or porpoising 15

Gansey bay

Robyn, Matthew and Thomas
October 11, 2022 13:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 0 Fast swim or porpoising 5

The Sound-going through little sound

Ali Waddell
October 10, 2022 16:20 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Pigeon stream, Marine drive

MWDW
October 10, 2022 16:35 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Road closure end, Marine drive

MWDW
October 8, 2022 13:45 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Port St Mary

Phill M
October 8, 2022 15:15 Minke Whale 1 0 Blowing 1

Big Head, Calf of Man

Calf of Man Bird Obs team
October 8, 2022 14:30 Minke Whale 3 1 Feeding or foraging 15

Port Grenaugh-Port Soderick

Elan Shipton, Matthew Dawson
October 8, 2022 11:30 Minke Whale 2 0 Normal swimming 10

Marine Drive-Pigeon Stream

Steve Wright
October 7, 2022 14:45 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 5

Peel breakwater

Adam Denard
October 6, 2022 12:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 6 0 Normal swimming 10

Port St Mary

October 5, 2022 16:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 3 1 Normal swimming 5

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
October 5, 2022 16:45 Bottlenose Dolphin 5 0 Spy hopping 2

Kallow point

Kris Breadner, Chris Callow
October 3, 2022 16:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Normal swimming 30

Peel Castle

Mandy and MWDW
October 2, 2022 09:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 8 0 Fast swim or porpoising 20

About 3 Km East of Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
October 2, 2022 10:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 10 2 Fast swim or porpoising 420

1 Km East of Laxey bay

Shane Stigant

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
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