Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 29, 2021 17:15 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Fast swim or porpoising 2

Carrick Bay

Nina Shimmin
May 29, 2021 18:35 Harbour Porpoise 5 0 Feeding or foraging 3

Carrick bay

Nina Shimmin
May 29, 2021 16:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 4

West of Calf Sound off Cow Harbour

Shona Boat Trips
May 28, 2021 20:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Leaping 60

Between Ballaugh and Kirk Michael

Rachael Fitzpatrick
May 27, 2021 17:20 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Fast swim or porpoising 150

Peel-Point of Ayre

Sara Ismail-Sutton, Mark and Jan Bale
May 27, 2021 13:40 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 3

.2 nm south of South Harbour Calf of Man

Shona Boat Trips
May 26, 2021 16:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 2

Carrick Bay

Nina Shimmin
May 25, 2021 19:05 Risso’s Dolphin 1 0 Leaping 10

Douglas head

IOMSkilly
May 19, 2021 10:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 1 Feeding or foraging 60

Off Peel Breakwater.

Fred
May 19, 2021 15:30 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 10

The Puddle, Calf of Man

The Calf wardens
May 18, 2021 19:40 Harbour Porpoise 5 0 Spy hopping 20

Fleshwick bay

Unknown
May 18, 2021 07:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Leaping 345

Port Erin-Niarbyl

Many
May 17, 2021 08:50 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 2

Ben-my-Chree

Colin Gundry
May 16, 2021 20:45 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 15

Peel Castle

David Dunn
May 15, 2021 19:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Stack Calf of Man

Chris Burton 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
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