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
August 9, 2022 17:25 1 Suspected feeding 3 Between Jurby and the Cronk Andrea & Robert
August 9, 2022 18:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Off Orrisdale Head Andrea & Robert
August 7, 2022 16:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Ballaghennie, Point of Ayre Combine
August 4, 2022 11:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf Stephen Cowley
August 4, 2022 16:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Between Port Erin and the Sound Phil M
August 4, 2022 21:25 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin Bay Andy Karran
August 4, 2022 17:05 1 Suspected feeding 10 West of the Calf Stanley Conlon
August 3, 2022 15:30 1 Suspected feeding 10 Edge of Peel bay Chris Duff
August 3, 2022 20:15 1 Suspected feeding 30 Port Erin Dan James
August 3, 2022 15:00 1 Suspected feeding 30 Niarbyl Rosa
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