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
June 7, 2022 18:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Marine drive MWDW
June 6, 2022 16:40 1 Swimming 5 5m off Port Erin Faye Devlin
June 3, 2022 11:05 1 Swimming 1 Half a mile west of Spanish Head Malcolm Stewart
June 2, 2022 15:20 1 Swimming 1 Off Jurby head Malcolm Stewart
May 29, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 East of the Sound MWDW
May 26, 2022 13:40 1 Swimming 15 Peel Castle Eric Holmes, Oliver & Sarah Middleton
May 24, 2022 18:00 1 Swimming 30 Port Erin bay Elizabeth Lawton
May 14, 2022 17:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 The Chasms Alessia
May 7, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 45 300m east of the Calf of Man Caroline & Phil Roriston and David
May 3, 2022 14:45 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin
May 1, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Dalby Richard Marks
April 29, 2022 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 15 Eary Cushlin Nicola