Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 20, 2022 15:20 Risso’s Dolphin 12 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Chicken rock, SW of the Calf of Man

Jan G
June 16, 2022 13:40 Risso’s Dolphin 4 2 Feeding or foraging 30

Port St Mary

Phil M
June 15, 2022 18:40 Harbour Porpoise 2 1 Feeding or foraging 6

1 mile south of Carrick Bay

Nina Shimmin
June 15, 2022 18:42 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Carrick Bay

Nina Shimmin
June 15, 2022 18:45 Minke Whale 1 0 Leaping 1

Carrick Bay

Dermot Shimmin
June 15, 2022 11:30 Minke Whale 1 0 Fast swim or porpoising 2

7 miles south of port st mary

Doug Patrick
June 15, 2022 14:00 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Logging on surface 5

8 miles south of port st mary

Doug Patrick
June 15, 2022 08:45 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 1

From Ben-my-Chree

Andy Mcallister
June 14, 2022 11:30 Harbour Porpoise 5 0 Normal swimming 3

Scarlett Point

ChristIne Dolan
June 12, 2022 10:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 75

Port Erin Bay

Amy Clark and Anthony Brand
June 9, 2022 22:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Leaping 20

Peel bay

Leanne Cubbon
June 8, 2022 21:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 30

Peel bay, 100 metres off the Marine Hotel

Andy Findlay, Terry Taxi, Samuel Irwin
June 7, 2022 17:40 Risso’s Dolphin 8 0 Feeding or foraging 10

1 mile off runway, Derbyhaven

Four winns
June 7, 2022 14:00 Risso’s Dolphin 5 1 Feeding or foraging 30

South of the Calf

Peter Kay
June 7, 2022 20:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 0 Leaping 30

Laxey bay-Onchan head

Simone Forster, Charmaine Bentham

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