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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 14, 2022 | 07:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 3 miles off Contrary head | Max Crookall | |||
| July 12, 2022 | 03:00 | 2 | Swimming | 120 | Port Erin Bay | Charles Leclerc | |||
| July 11, 2022 | 10:40 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 7 | 1nm SE of South Harbour, Calf of Man | David Bellamy & Robert Fisher | ||
| July 10, 2022 | 21:20 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 6 | Three and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Dermot Shimmin | |||
| July 5, 2022 | 09:00 | 1 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 120 | 1 km off White Strand & Gob-Y-Deigan | Ian Judd | ||
| July 5, 2022 | 15:45 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Niarbyl Bay | Georgina Franks, Lauren Slater | |||
| July 5, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 180 | Peel breakwater | Colin Lawrenson, Alistair Sutherland and other | ||
| July 4, 2022 | 12:00 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 200 | Peel breakwater to the headlands | Andi young, Neil Westwood, The Mitchell family | |||
| 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 |