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
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