Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
September 30, 2022 16:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 3 1 Normal swimming 30

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant and Flik
September 29, 2022 09:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 3 1 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
September 28, 2022 09:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 5 1 Leaping 15

Clay Head side of Laxey bay.

Shane Stigant
September 28, 2022 15:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Feeding or foraging 70

Laxey bay

Christine Blevins
September 27, 2022 14:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 5 1 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
September 26, 2022 15:40 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Marine drive, tollgates

Jay
September 25, 2022 11:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 2

Santon head

Jacqueline Yates
September 24, 2022 13:10 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Marine drive, Port Soderick end

Mai Fuller
September 23, 2022 19:20 Minke Whale 2 0 Normal swimming 20

Marine drive

Rosina casson
September 23, 2022 10:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Off the Chasms

Robert Fisher
September 22, 2022 11:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 6 Feeding or foraging 20

Mid Laxey Bay

Shane Stigant
September 22, 2022 16:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 3 3 Feeding or foraging 10

Middle of Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
September 20, 2022 09:30 Unidentified Large Cetacean 2 0 Leaping 10

S of Bradda Head

Carol & Sue
September 20, 2022 09:45 Harbour Porpoise 2 1 Normal swimming 10

Port Erin breakwater

Sue_Whittaker & Carol Woodall
September 20, 2022 09:20 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 0 Fast swim or porpoising 30

Niarbyl

Maurice

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
July 14, 2022 07:30 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles off Contrary head Max Crookall
July 12, 2022 03:00 2 Swimming 120 Port Erin Bay Charles Leclerc
July 11, 2022 10:40 1 1 Suspected feeding 7 1nm SE of South Harbour, Calf of Man David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
July 10, 2022 21:20 1 Suspected feeding 6 Three and a half miles NW of Calf Sound Dermot Shimmin
July 5, 2022 09:00 1 3 Suspected feeding 120 1 km off White Strand & Gob-Y-Deigan Ian Judd
July 5, 2022 15:45 1 Swimming 15 Niarbyl Bay Georgina Franks, Lauren Slater
July 5, 2022 15:00 1 1 Swimming 180 Peel breakwater Colin Lawrenson, Alistair Sutherland and other
July 4, 2022 12:00 3 Suspected feeding 200 Peel breakwater to the headlands Andi young, Neil Westwood, The Mitchell family
July 3, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Glen Maye – Peel Hill David R
July 3, 2022 15:55 1 Suspected feeding 10 150-200m off Peel Castle Mike Davies