Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
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

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 3, 2024 15:00 1 Swimming 5 Point of Ayre Anon
August 1, 2024 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 6 miles off Ramsey Orry Corlett
May 31, 2024 14:30 1 Suspected feeding 15 Peel Castle Keith H
May 22, 2024 12:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 3 kms off Scarlett Tom
May 21, 2024 14:10 1 1 Swimming 10 Peel
May 20, 2024 18:20 1 1 Suspected feeding 80 Laxey bay Shane Stigant, Peta Rooney
May 18, 2024 14:30 1 Suspected feeding 15 Marine drive, Toll gate Andy Garrett
May 15, 2024 20:20 1 Suspected feeding 5 1/4 mile off Niarbyl Adam
May 14, 2024 11:50 1 Suspected feeding 10 3 miles NW of Peel Marshall Thompson
May 11, 2024 13:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 30 Derbyhaven Tim Collister
August 19, 2023 14:00 1 1 Swimming 5 Ayres Nature Reserve Gayle Johnson
June 4, 2023 23:00 3 3 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles West of Peel Finn and Joe Traynor
May 31, 2023 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 200 Elby Point, North of Niarbyl Adam, Tom, Lee
May 29, 2023 13:20 1 1 Swimming 20 Bradda head Jo and Richard Lewy
May 29, 2023 08:10 1 1 Swimming 10 Point of Ayre Andy Dyke