Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
September 18, 2021 15:05 Harbour Porpoise 1 1 Normal swimming 5

Bay Fine, Calf of Man

Sue Harvey & Lauren Stokes
September 18, 2021 14:20 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 30

Peel bay

Gez Sowrey
September 18, 2021 10:45 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 5

marine drive toll gate

Karen Wormwell
September 16, 2021 09:50 Minke Whale 3 1 Feeding or foraging 385

Marine Drive between Douglas head and Port Soderick

Many
September 15, 2021 15:55 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Fort Island (Langness)

Sue Whittaker
September 15, 2021 11:00 Minke Whale 2 1 Feeding or foraging 150

Port Soderick

Many
September 14, 2021 10:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 10

Bay Fine, Calf of Man

Sue Harvey, Lauren Stokes
September 14, 2021 09:12 Risso’s Dolphin 10 Not recorded 5

West of the Sound

David Kelly
September 13, 2021 17:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Leaping 15

Ramsey bay

Connor Murray
September 12, 2021 13:40 Risso’s Dolphin 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Fort Island

Liz Charter
September 12, 2021 15:40 Harbour Porpoise 4 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Carrick Bay, Port St Mary

Jan G
September 12, 2021 15:50 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 5

Peel breakwater

MWDW
September 11, 2021 16:05 Minke Whale 1 0 Blowing 5

Marine Drive – Little Ness

Carol Woodall
September 11, 2021 17:44 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Normal swimming 5

Port Soderick

Sue & Carol, Peter Christian
September 10, 2021 20:10 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Leaping 15

Peel breakwater

Katie Quayle

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
May 1, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Dalby Richard Marks
April 29, 2022 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 15 Eary Cushlin Nicola