Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
June 6, 2022 19:20 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 3

15 miles off Port Erin

Nina Shimmin
June 6, 2022 19:35 Risso’s Dolphin 8 0 Feeding or foraging 5

12 miles west of Port Erin

Nina Shimmin
June 6, 2022 10:20 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 5

2.5 miles off Jurby

Luke
June 6, 2022 16:00 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Sputh east of the Calf of Man

Calf wardens
June 4, 2022 16:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 3 1 Bow riding 30

10miles North of Peel

Derek and Sarah O’Reilly
June 2, 2022 14:40 Risso’s Dolphin 1 0 Feeding or foraging 30

2 miles west of the Stack-Calf of Man

Laura Stewart
May 31, 2022 17:45 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 15

Peel bay

Not recorded
May 28, 2022 15:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 10 2 Bow riding 5

12 Miles SE of Douglas

Neil Morrison
May 28, 2022 11:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 40 0 Boat interaction (not riding bow) 10

12 miles off Peel

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 27, 2023 12:30 1 Breaching 1 12 miles west chicken rock Fourwinns
May 27, 2023 16:25 1 Breaching 1 South of sound 4 miles Fourwinns
May 27, 2023 06:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 6 miles off Ballaugh Max Crookall
May 19, 2023 10:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Rue Point Casey J Fishing Charter
May 13, 2023 18:15 1 Suspected feeding 5 Perwick bay Jacky Hall
May 11, 2023 16:45 1 1 Swimming 1 Contrary Head Paul Barlow
May 10, 2023 20:45 1 Tight circling 20 Behind peel castle Iva
May 9, 2023 12:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 15 miles East of Point of Ayre Chris Hill
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