Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 12, 2021 11:10 Risso’s Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 5

South Harbour calf of man

Chris Burton shona boat trips
July 11, 2021 12:30 Common Dolphin 50 0 Fast swim or porpoising 40

West of the Sound

MWDW
July 11, 2021 14:45 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Gibdale, Calf of Man

Daniel Woollard
July 11, 2021 09:10 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 50

Ramsey bay

Christ/Karen Wormwell
July 10, 2021 06:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 15

Gibdale, Calf of Man

Mollie Kirk
July 10, 2021 08:00 Risso’s Dolphin 2 1 Normal swimming 10

Kione Ny Halby, East of the Calf

Mollie Kirk
July 10, 2021 15:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

S of Sound car park

Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker
July 10, 2021 16:30 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Fast swim or porpoising 20

S of Sound car park

Sue & Carol
July 10, 2021 15:20 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 10

W of Sound car park

Bill & Sue Whittaker
July 10, 2021 18:15 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 25

W of Sound car park

Sue & Carol
July 10, 2021 11:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Blowing 2

1 mile SE Calf of Man

Adrian Corkill
July 10, 2021 12:30 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 1

3 mile SE of the Calf of Man

Adrian Corkill
July 10, 2021 13:15 Minke Whale 1 0 Blowing 1

4 miles S of Langness

Adrian Corkill
July 9, 2021 17:50 Unidentified Small Cetacean 3 0 Leaping 2

West of Sound car park

Carol Woodall
July 9, 2021 09:50 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 265

Peel bay

Many

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