Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 27, 2022 13:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 100 50 Bow riding 10

10 miles off Peel

Luke Turkington and Rosa Hutchinson
August 26, 2022 13:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 20

Castletown bay

August 26, 2022 08:30 Other 2 0 Boat interaction (not riding bow) 30

Atlantic bluefin tuna-15 miles west of Peel (just outside Manx waters)

Alasdair Taylor
August 26, 2022 19:00 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 30

The Calf sound

Kyla
August 25, 2022 12:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 20 Bow riding 20

1 mile off Peel

August 25, 2022 12:10 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 0 Bow riding 10

1/2 a mile off Peel

Kyle Bolton
August 25, 2022 14:20 Risso’s Dolphin 10 0 Leaping 10

Langness

Emma Watterson
August 23, 2022 20:20 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 5

Pooilvaaish

Jan G
August 22, 2022 16:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 10

Peel Castle

Alex Fancis
August 14, 2022 17:10 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 30

Port Erin Bay

Tom, Freddie Icke, Daniel Corkish, Sam Clare
August 14, 2022 15:55 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 15

Peel Bay

Beryl Quayle
August 14, 2022 09:15 White-beaked dolphin 20 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Between Fort Island and runway extension

Patrick and Anne Hamilton
August 13, 2022 12:05 Common Dolphin 10 Normal swimming 5

1.5m west of Bradda Head

Jane Young
August 13, 2022 16:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 10

Back of the calf of man

Gemini
August 12, 2022 16:00 Harbour Porpoise 3 2 Feeding or foraging 10

1/2 mile of Perwick bay

Four winns

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 14, 2022 21:30 2 Suspected feeding 35 Marine drive Port Soderick end Kevin Sharpe
June 13, 2022 19:55 1 Tight circling 15 Fort Island David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
June 12, 2022 10:40 1 Suspected feeding 120 Peel headlands-breakwater John Baker, Alastair Sutherland, Jon Corlett, Elli Gawne, Julie Howarth
June 11, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 160 Gansey bay Tim, Richard Corlett
June 9, 2022 10:57 1 Suspected feeding 10 Jurby Lizzie Coote
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