Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 26, 2022 15:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 1 Normal swimming 10

Marine drive

Pawel Garczynski
July 25, 2022 11:50 Unidentified Small Cetacean 1 1 Feeding or foraging 15

Douglas bay

Greg
July 22, 2022 12:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 10

Ramsey bay

July 21, 2022 06:20 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 15

Port Erin

R Mann
July 19, 2022 09:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 720

Using Peel bay all day

Ruth, Mary, John Black, Peter Butler, Holroyd Family and more
July 18, 2022 10:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 5

6 miles south of Port St Mary

July 17, 2022 11:20 Minke Whale 1 0 Fast swim or porpoising 5

9 miles NW of the Calf

Nina Shimmin
July 17, 2022 08:27 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Approx 7km SW of Mull of Galloway

David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
July 17, 2022 08:36 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

West of Mull of Galloway

David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
July 13, 2022 16:30 Risso’s Dolphin 2 2 Normal swimming 5

10 miles south of Calf of Man

Dee Orme
July 13, 2022 18:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Bow riding 10

Off Peel hills

Not recorded
July 11, 2022 12:24 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 2

South of PSM ledges

Fourwinns
July 11, 2022 11:30 Minke Whale 3 0 Feeding or foraging 20

3 miles south-west Chicken rock

Four winns
July 11, 2022 14:30 Harbour Porpoise 4 1 Feeding or foraging 3

3 miles South of Spanish head

Four winns
July 10, 2022 21:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Leaping 10

Behind Peel Castle

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