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