Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
October 21, 2024 16:09 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 180

Peel Bay

MWDW, Kate Lord & others
October 20, 2024 11:10 Harbour porpoise Normal swimming 5

Caigher Point, Calf of Man

Calf Warden
October 19, 2024 14:25 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Bow riding 50

Peel Bay

Carol Woodall, Sue & Bill
October 17, 2024 18:30 Harbour porpoise Normal swimming 5

Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Warden
October 13, 2024 13:00 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 10

Off Rue Point

Nick Pinder
October 13, 2024 14:00 Minke whale 1 0 Not recorded 5

Outside Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
October 13, 2024 17:53 Harbour porpoise 4 0 Feeding or foraging 15

West of the the Sound

Carol Woodall, Sue & Bill
October 7, 2024 16:08 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 20

Peel Bay

MWDW
October 7, 2024 14:00 Harbour porpoise Feeding or foraging 5

South Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
October 6, 2024 11:15 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

East of the Calf of Man

Calf Warden
September 30, 2024 12:50 Bottlenose dolphin 6 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
September 29, 2024 15:25 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 15

Peel Casle

Jeannette Griffiths
September 28, 2024 12:45 Bottlenose dolphin 25 5 Feeding or foraging 90

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
September 28, 2024 07:05 Bottlenose dolphin 12 1 Bow riding 10

Douglas bay

Jay Taylor
September 25, 2024 10:30 Unidentified small cetacean 8 0 Boat interaction (not riding bow) 10

Clay head

Not recorded

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 15, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 20 West of Calf of Man Quentin De Backer
June 15, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 5 Port Erin bay Not recorded
June 15, 2022 12:10 3 Tight circling 20 6 miles south Sugar loaf Kirrie jenkins, Doug Patrick
June 15, 2022 11:05 1 Suspected feeding 35 Douglas head Ian Wilcock
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