Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 9, 2022 | 20:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 8 | 0 | Leaping | 30 |
Marine drive |
Dawn Alexandria |
| August 9, 2022 | 19:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Scarlett Point |
Laura Stewart, Becky Norrey, Ste Marsh |
| August 9, 2022 | 20:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 6 | 0 | Not recorded | 15 |
500m off Kallow Point, Port St Mary |
Ranulf Lucas |
| August 9, 2022 | 14:30 | Common Dolphin | 30 | 3 | Bow riding | 10 |
Back of calf of man |
Anthony Killeen |
| August 9, 2022 | 21:25 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Peel headlands |
Kelly | |
| August 8, 2022 | 13:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 9 | 0 | Normal swimming | 20 |
South west of the Calf |
Robert Fisher |
| August 8, 2022 | 14:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 5 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
South of Drinking dragon, Calf of Man |
Robert Fisher |
| August 8, 2022 | 16:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
South of Sugarloaf |
Robert Fisher |
| August 8, 2022 | 18:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 4 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
South west of Sugarloaf |
Robert Fisher |
| August 7, 2022 | 15:40 | Risso’s Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Leaping | 5 |
Bay Fine |
Stephen Cowley |
| August 7, 2022 | 15:25 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Quarter of a mile out from Port st Mary breakwater |
Steve Knowles |
| August 7, 2022 | 15:40 | Risso’s Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
The Bows, between Port Erin and the Sound |
Steve Knowles |
| August 7, 2022 | 17:05 | Minke Whale | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 2 |
Half a mile out from Perwick |
Steve Knowles |
| August 7, 2022 | 15:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 300 |
Peel bay to Fleshwick |
Too many to mention |
| August 7, 2022 | 15:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 4 | 0 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 10 |
6 miles off Peel |
Combine |
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 |