Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 12, 2021 18:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Cow harbour Calf of Man

Shona Boat Trips
June 11, 2021 10:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 420

Peel Bay

Roy Cripps, Ginni Keig and others
June 8, 2021 12:25 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 10

Peel bay

Malcolm and Bernie
June 8, 2021 18:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 10

Peel breakwater

Too many to mention
June 7, 2021 10:30 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 30

1.5. – 2 miles off contrary head

Jane Young
June 7, 2021 11:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

500 metres SE of Douglas Lighthouse

Jamie Gelling
June 6, 2021 14:45 Harbour Porpoise 2 1 Normal swimming 30

Calf of Man

Robert Fisher
June 6, 2021 15:30 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 10

1 mile west of the Calf.

Robert Fisher
June 6, 2021 14:10 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Chicken rock

Christiana Cannell
June 6, 2021 11:10 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Leaping 10

Ballaugh beach

Marie Crabtree
June 5, 2021 17:20 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 15

Point of Ayre

June 1, 2021 18:40 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 3

Bay Fine Port Erin

Shona Boat Trips
May 31, 2021 19:40 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Bow riding 10

Peel castle

Matt and Amy
May 29, 2021 13:00 Risso’s Dolphin 1 0 Normal swimming 2

Back of Langness

Nina Shimmin
May 29, 2021 17:08 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Fast swim or porpoising 1

Carrick Bay

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
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
May 24, 2022 18:00 1 Swimming 30 Port Erin bay Elizabeth Lawton
May 14, 2022 17:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 The Chasms Alessia
May 7, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 45 300m east of the Calf of Man Caroline & Phil Roriston and David
May 3, 2022 14:45 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin
May 1, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Dalby Richard Marks
April 29, 2022 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 15 Eary Cushlin Nicola