Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 28, 2022 | 13:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
11 miles south of Calf |
Helen Evans |
| June 27, 2022 | 18:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 20 |
Peel bay |
Jade |
| June 24, 2022 | 15:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 20 |
Port Erin bay (1.5 metre water depth) |
Winstanley |
| June 23, 2022 | 16:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Half a mile north of Calf Sound. |
Malcolm Stewart |
| June 23, 2022 | 16:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 90 |
Laxey bay |
Many |
| June 22, 2022 | 15:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
1km south of Chasms. |
David Bellamy and others |
| June 22, 2022 | 18:22 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
1.5km south of Baie Stacka near Chasms |
David Bellamy |
| June 22, 2022 | 16:07 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
3km south of the Calf |
David Bellamy |
| June 22, 2022 | 16:14 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
2km south of Chicken Rock |
David Bellamy |
| June 22, 2022 | 16:25 | Harbour Porpoise | 5 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
4km SW of Calf of Man |
David Bellamy |
| June 22, 2022 | 16:40 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
5.5km SW of Calf |
David Bellamy |
| June 22, 2022 | 17:02 | Risso’s Dolphin | 11 | 1 | Leaping | 90 |
7km SW of Calf |
David Bellamy & others |
| June 22, 2022 | 20:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 14 | 1 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 60 |
1 to 3 km West of Chicken rock |
Jan G |
| June 20, 2022 | 15:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Normal swimming | 35 |
Perwick Bay and Spanish head |
Anon and Alia Centofanti |
| June 20, 2022 | 09:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 180 |
Peel bay |
Too many to mention |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 9, 2022 | 17:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 3 | Between Jurby and the Cronk | Andrea & Robert | |||
| August 9, 2022 | 18:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Off Orrisdale Head | Andrea & Robert | ||
| August 7, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Ballaghennie, Point of Ayre | Combine | |||
| August 4, 2022 | 11:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf | Stephen Cowley | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 16:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Between Port Erin and the Sound | Phil M | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 21:25 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Port Erin Bay | Andy Karran | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 17:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | West of the Calf | Stanley Conlon | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Edge of Peel bay | Chris Duff | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 20:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Erin | Dan James | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Niarbyl | Rosa | |||
| July 29, 2022 | 09:30 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 3 miles East of Calf of Man | STV Leader | |||
| July 28, 2022 | 20:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 1 mile off Peel | Casey J | ||
| July 27, 2022 | 13:00 | 1 | Tight circling | 10 | Gibdale Point | Peter Kay | |||
| July 18, 2022 | 19:37 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Nina Shimmin | |||
| July 16, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 80 | Port Erin | undeleeb din, Elasmomann |