Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
August 7, 2021 14:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 90

Peel-Whitestrand beach

David Bellamy, Maria Crellin
August 5, 2021 20:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 10

Peel old swimming pool

Sara Ismail-Sutton
August 2, 2021 20:45 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 10

West of Port Erin

Nina Shimmin

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 18, 2022 19:37 1 Suspected feeding 5 Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound Nina Shimmin
July 16, 2022 18:00 1 Suspected feeding 80 Port Erin undeleeb din, Elasmomann
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