Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 23, 2021 14:30 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 10

West of the Calf

Peter Wood
August 23, 2021 15:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

West of the Calf

Peter Wood
August 23, 2021 13:00 Common Dolphin 4 2 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Off Castletown bay

Lan Lenartowicz
August 23, 2021 12:30 Harbour Porpoise 4 0 Normal swimming 4

Off Castletown bay

Lan Lenartowicz
August 22, 2021 10:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 15

Point of Ayre

Kevin
August 20, 2021 15:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 6 0 Normal swimming 10

Ramsey bay

Vannin Veg
August 19, 2021 13:00 Risso’s Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 5

Bradda head

Gary Ross
August 19, 2021 10:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 480

Point of Ayre-Ramsey bay

Brian Liggins, Joanne Wilson
August 19, 2021 09:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 2

South west of Peel

Not recorded
August 18, 2021 20:10 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 2

Marine drive toll gate

Val Galpin
August 16, 2021 18:00 Unidentified Small Cetacean 12 0 Leaping 10

Port St Mary

Paul Ryan
August 16, 2021 21:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 0 Bow riding 10

Peel

Mike Davis
August 14, 2021 12:50 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Big Head/ East Coast of Calf

Calf Warden
August 12, 2021 12:15 Common Dolphin 30 0 Bow riding 10

10 miles south of Calf of Man

Mark Cain
August 10, 2021 16:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 250

Peel breakwater

Thomas Giles

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