Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 7, 2022 | 12:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 6 | Leaping | 90 |
South Harbour, Calf of Man |
Sam Bowers, Aron Sapsford | |
| August 7, 2022 | 15:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Peel Bay |
Dave Maddrell |
| August 7, 2022 | 08:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
Point of Ayre |
Helena Zoe Warren |
| August 6, 2022 | 10:15 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Ten miles NW of Calf Sound. |
Dermot Shimmin |
| August 4, 2022 | 09:30 | Common Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Bow riding | 15 |
2 mile off Niarbyl |
Max Crookall |
| August 4, 2022 | 19:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Peel- by the lifeboat slip |
Vicky and Andy Walmsley |
| August 3, 2022 | 17:55 | Common Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Driving fish onto sandbank | 5 |
Douglas bay |
Julia Devlin |
| August 1, 2022 | 08:00 | Common Dolphin | 50 | 10 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Chicken rock tidal stream |
Calf wardens |
| July 30, 2022 | 14:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Douglas bay |
Not recorded |
| July 30, 2022 | 18:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Laxey Bay. |
Andrew Lang |
| July 29, 2022 | 10:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Cronk Beach, Ballaugh, 25 metres off shore. |
T Young |
| July 28, 2022 | 18:30 | Common Dolphin | 500 | 10 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 30 |
10 miles west of Peel |
Not recorded |
| July 27, 2022 | 12:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 5 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Bradda head |
Cheryl M |
| July 27, 2022 | 15:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 400 |
Gansey bay to Spanish head |
Ranulf Lucas, John Rimmer, Calf wardens, Richard Cowin |
| July 26, 2022 | 10:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Gansey, opposite the Shore hotel |
Megan Guy, Joanna Kinley and others |
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 |