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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 16:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Between Port Erin and the Sound | Phil M | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 21:25 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Port Erin Bay | Andy Karran | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 17:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | West of the Calf | Stanley Conlon | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Edge of Peel bay | Chris Duff | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 20:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Erin | Dan James | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Niarbyl | Rosa | |||
| July 29, 2022 | 09:30 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 3 miles East of Calf of Man | STV Leader | |||
| July 28, 2022 | 20:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 1 mile off Peel | Casey J | ||
| July 27, 2022 | 13:00 | 1 | Tight circling | 10 | Gibdale Point | Peter Kay | |||
| July 18, 2022 | 19:37 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Nina Shimmin | |||
| July 16, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 80 | Port Erin | undeleeb din, Elasmomann |