Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 14, 2022 | 09:15 | White-beaked dolphin | 20 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Between Fort Island and runway extension |
Patrick and Anne Hamilton |
| August 13, 2022 | 12:05 | Common Dolphin | 10 | Normal swimming | 5 |
1.5m west of Bradda Head |
Jane Young | |
| August 13, 2022 | 16:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Back of the calf of man |
Gemini |
| August 12, 2022 | 16:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 2 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
1/2 mile of Perwick bay |
Four winns |
| August 12, 2022 | 18:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Laxey Bay |
Meghan Pilley |
| August 11, 2022 | 19:25 | Common Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| August 11, 2022 | 20:10 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 40 |
From Ballaghennie beach |
Di Swayne |
| August 11, 2022 | 20:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 45 |
Peel castle |
Mark |
| August 11, 2022 | 10:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 25 | 10 | Feeding or foraging | 90 |
1.5m off coast from Glen Maye to Bradda Head |
jane young |
| August 11, 2022 | 10:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
2m west of Niarbyl |
jane young | |
| August 11, 2022 | 11:15 | Common Dolphin | 20 | 5 | Bow riding | 20 |
2m west of Bradda Head |
jane young |
| August 10, 2022 | 12:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 500 |
Peel bay to White Strand beach |
Beckie Yeomans, Alan Vincent |
| August 10, 2022 | 19:40 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 2 |
Off Callow Point |
Dermot Shimmin |
| August 9, 2022 | 18:15 | Common Dolphin | 20 | 5 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
500m off Sugarloaf |
Richard and Jan Cooil |
| August 9, 2022 | 11:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 600 |
Peel |
Tim Chan, Tilly and Flo |
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 | 18:45 | 3 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 10 | White beach niarbyl | Matt Tyrer | ||
| 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 |