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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |