Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 27, 2021 16:45 Harbour Porpoise 5 2 Feeding or foraging 5

East of Calf Sound

Dermot Shimmin
June 27, 2021 12:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 2

East side Calf Sound near Cletts

shona Boat Trips
June 26, 2021 12:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 5

Peel bay with the Viking Longboats

MWDW
June 22, 2021 21:15 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Seen from the Upper Lighthouse, Calf of Man

Robert Fisher
June 22, 2021 20:10 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 5

South of Point of Ayre

Neil
June 20, 2021 15:20 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 5

West of the Sound

MWDW
June 19, 2021 09:45 Risso’s Dolphin 5 5 Leaping 10

Kallow Point, Port St Mary

Andrea
June 19, 2021 12:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 10

Peel bay

Lou, Christy deHaven
June 19, 2021 15:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 1 Feeding or foraging 10

Pigeon stream, Marine drive

Brian Liggins
June 18, 2021 17:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 90

Ramsey to Cranstal to Point of Ayre

Andy McKinla , Greg Watson and Brian Knight
June 16, 2021 13:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 10

Port St Mary ledges

Nat Lavery
June 15, 2021 16:15 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Kione Beg, Calf of Man

Christa Worth
June 13, 2021 12:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 6 0 Normal swimming 15

Ramsey Bay

Christopher Brown and others
June 12, 2021 20:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Fast swim or porpoising 15

Ayres Visitor Center

GoGreen.im
June 12, 2021 09:45 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 4

Cow Harbour Calf of Man

Shona Boat Trips

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 9, 2022 17:25 1 Suspected feeding 3 Between Jurby and the Cronk Andrea & Robert
August 9, 2022 18:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Off Orrisdale Head Andrea & Robert
August 7, 2022 16:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Ballaghennie, Point of Ayre Combine
August 4, 2022 11:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf Stephen Cowley
August 4, 2022 16:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Between Port Erin and the Sound Phil M
August 4, 2022 21:25 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin Bay Andy Karran
August 4, 2022 17:05 1 Suspected feeding 10 West of the Calf Stanley Conlon
August 3, 2022 15:30 1 Suspected feeding 10 Edge of Peel bay Chris Duff
August 3, 2022 20:15 1 Suspected feeding 30 Port Erin Dan James
August 3, 2022 15:00 1 Suspected feeding 30 Niarbyl Rosa
July 29, 2022 09:30 1 Swimming 5 3 miles East of Calf of Man STV Leader
July 28, 2022 20:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 1 mile off Peel Casey J
July 27, 2022 13:00 1 Tight circling 10 Gibdale Point Peter Kay
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