Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 10, 2022 21:10 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Six miles NW of Calf Sound

Nina Shimmin
July 10, 2022 21:00 Minke Whale 2 0 Normal swimming 10

2nm SE of South Harbour, Calf of Man

David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
July 10, 2022 19:15 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 5

Gibdale Bay, Calf of Man

David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
July 10, 2022 07:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 5

Ramsey bay

Chris Swingler
July 9, 2022 17:30 Risso’s Dolphin 8 0 Normal swimming 15

Port St Mary

Tom Veall
July 9, 2022 17:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 10

Headlands end of Peel Promenade

John and Ruth Black
July 9, 2022 19:00 Risso’s Dolphin 15 0 Normal swimming 5

1nm SE of South Harbour, Calf of Man

David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
July 8, 2022 17:00 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Feeding or foraging 5

10 miles south of Calf

Helen Evans
July 8, 2022 19:45 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 30

Peel Bay

MWDW & Anon
July 7, 2022 14:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 15

Peel bay

MWDW, from Peel breakwater kiosk
July 6, 2022 09:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 720

All over Peel bay

Most of Peel
July 5, 2022 14:40 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 20

Laxey Bay

Steve Gale
July 2, 2022 10:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 60

Point of Ayre

Andy McKinlay
June 29, 2022 20:45 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 2

1km SE of Sugarloaf

David Bellamy
June 29, 2022 11:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 150

Ramsey pier-Laxey

Mike Quine, Christine Blevins

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