Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
September 30, 2024 12:50 Bottlenose dolphin 6 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
September 29, 2024 15:25 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 15

Peel Casle

Jeannette Griffiths
September 28, 2024 12:45 Bottlenose dolphin 25 5 Feeding or foraging 90

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
September 28, 2024 07:05 Bottlenose dolphin 12 1 Bow riding 10

Douglas bay

Jay Taylor
September 25, 2024 10:30 Unidentified small cetacean 8 0 Boat interaction (not riding bow) 10

Clay head

Not recorded
September 23, 2024 17:15 Risso’s dolphin 15 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Marine drive arches

Marc Mellor, Rosie Callow
September 22, 2024 07:45 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 10

Bradda head

Sylvia Podmore
September 20, 2024 13:20 Common dolphin 200 50 Fast swim or porpoising 15

1/2 mile off Point of Ayre

Jake ‘Rocket’ Mortimer
September 17, 2024 10:30 Minke whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 50

6 miles NW of Peel

Ian and Jane Young
September 16, 2024 16:55 Harbour porpoise 1 1 Feeding or foraging 10

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
September 16, 2024 18:20 Moonlight and Starlight 1 Bow riding 40

Peel breakwater

MWDW
September 13, 2024 14:00 Harbour porpoise 1 1 Normal swimming 5

The Chasms

Elan Shipton
September 13, 2024 14:10 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Perwick bay

Elan Shipton
September 11, 2024 18:45 Moonlight and Starlight 1 1 Normal swimming 5

Peel Breakwater

Dennis Jepson
September 7, 2024 13:25 Harbour porpoise 10 0 Normal swimming 10

Douglas head

Natassja chadwick

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 21, 2022 15:00 1 Suspected feeding 120 Port Erin Debbie McGregor
August 20, 2022 11:00 1 Parellel swimming 10 Peel Castle Jonathan Reilly
August 15, 2022 18:35 1 Swimming 5 Back of the Calf Joshua and Jake, Paul, Tanya and others on Shona boat
August 14, 2022 13:50 1 Suspected feeding 120 West of the Sound MWDW
August 13, 2022 19:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Langness Laura Elizabeth
August 11, 2022 19:25 1 Suspected feeding 10 Warts Bank, Calf of Man Gemini
August 10, 2022 16:00 1 Suspected feeding 30 Orrisdale head Katie Robertson
August 10, 2022 19:40 1 Suspected feeding 20 Port Erin-Sound John Rimmer
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