Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 26, 2021 15:10 Bottlenose Dolphin 4 2 Bow riding 30

Ramsey bay

Will Ward
August 26, 2021 19:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 4 2 Leaping 20

Marine drive toll gate

Adam Tansley-Scales
August 25, 2021 12:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 25 0 Bow riding 10

Santon

Brian Smith
August 25, 2021 16:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 15

Fenella beach

Amy Shelton
August 25, 2021 13:15 Common Dolphin 10 0 Bow riding 15

1 mile off Onchan

Adam Denard (Pride of Mann)
August 25, 2021 16:45 Bottlenose Dolphin 6 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Dog Mills

Vannin Veg
August 24, 2021 17:30 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Logging on surface 10

East of the Calf

Assistant Calf Warden
August 24, 2021 17:34 Harbour Porpoise 6 2 Feeding or foraging 10

Carrick bay

Nina Shimmin
August 24, 2021 19:25 Harbour Porpoise 7 0 Normal swimming 10

Carrick bay

Nina Shimmin
August 24, 2021 12:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 20

Peel

Cori Phillips
August 24, 2021 11:20 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Boat interaction (not riding bow) 10

Scarlett

Yacht Kondor
August 24, 2021 11:40 Common Dolphin 4 0 Normal swimming 5

Gansey bay

Yacht Kondor
August 23, 2021 16:00 Common Dolphin 15 5 Bow riding 45

1 mile off Port Erin

Peter Wood
August 23, 2021 15:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 6 0 Leaping 10

South Harbour.

Assistant Calf Warden
August 23, 2021 17:54 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Carrick bay

Nina Shimmin

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