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
July 14, 2022 07:30 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles off Contrary head Max Crookall
July 12, 2022 03:00 2 Swimming 120 Port Erin Bay Charles Leclerc
July 11, 2022 10:40 1 1 Suspected feeding 7 1nm SE of South Harbour, Calf of Man David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
July 10, 2022 21:20 1 Suspected feeding 6 Three and a half miles NW of Calf Sound Dermot Shimmin
July 5, 2022 09:00 1 3 Suspected feeding 120 1 km off White Strand & Gob-Y-Deigan Ian Judd
July 5, 2022 15:45 1 Swimming 15 Niarbyl Bay Georgina Franks, Lauren Slater
July 5, 2022 15:00 1 1 Swimming 180 Peel breakwater Colin Lawrenson, Alistair Sutherland and other
July 4, 2022 12:00 3 Suspected feeding 200 Peel breakwater to the headlands Andi young, Neil Westwood, The Mitchell family
July 3, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Glen Maye – Peel Hill David R
July 3, 2022 15:55 1 Suspected feeding 10 150-200m off Peel Castle Mike Davies
June 30, 2022 13:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 15 Scarlett Virginia Keig
June 30, 2022 16:24 0 0 1 Swimming 2 North coast of the Calf of Man Tom Morgan and Gemma Scotts
June 27, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles west of Peel Max Crookall
June 23, 2022 16:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 1 Half a mile north of Calf Sound Malcolm Stewart
June 22, 2022 18:15 1 2 Suspected feeding 20 Herring tower Langness Richard and Janice Cooil