Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 12, 2016 | 11:20 | Risso’s Dolphin | 8 | 0 | Tail slapping | 20 |
Half mile north of The Calf |
Bob Taylor (Gemini) |
| July 12, 2016 | 11:40 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Marine drive |
Steve Beckley |
| July 12, 2016 | 16:55 | Risso’s Dolphin | 4 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 1 |
Langness |
Richard and Janice Cooil |
| July 12, 2016 | 16:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 6 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Langness |
Neil and Glennis Corkill |
| July 12, 2016 | 17:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
SE of Black Head |
Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker |
| July 12, 2016 | 15:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 4 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
West of The Calf |
Dani Crellin |
| July 12, 2016 | 11:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 7 | 0 | Leaping | 9 |
Calf of Man |
Chris Burton |
| July 12, 2016 | 14:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 2 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
Calf of Man |
Chris Burton |
| July 6, 2016 | 15:56 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 2 |
West of The Sound |
Carol Woodall |
| July 5, 2016 | 13:47 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 2 |
2 miles off Port St Mary |
Stuart marshall |
| July 5, 2016 | 20:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 8 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
Ramsey Bay |
Dilys Sowrey |
| July 3, 2016 | 17:08 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
West of The Sound |
Sue Whittaker & Carol |
| July 3, 2016 | 08:50 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 5 | 0 | Bow riding | 5 |
Douglas, seen from Ben-My-Chree |
Anonymous |
| June 24, 2016 | 15:41 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 1 |
SE of Sound |
Sue Whittaker |
| June 23, 2016 | 07:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 3 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 90 |
Off Spanish head |
David Wright |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2023 | 18:45 | 3 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 10 | White beach niarbyl | Matt Tyrer | ||
| May 8, 2023 | 20:20 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Peel breakwater | Will holden | ||
| May 7, 2023 | 12:00 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Point of Ayre | Liz Charter | |||
| May 6, 2023 | 11:10 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Port Erin bay | Kathleen | |||
| August 28, 2022 | 10:00 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 360 | Peel bay | Peter Bradley, Nia Clague and many others | |||
| August 25, 2022 | 11:00 | 0 | 1 | Tight circling | 300 | Niarbyl | Keira & Owen, Stewart Ward | ||
| August 24, 2022 | 08:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 240 | Peel Breakwater | John Hills, Max Crookall | |||
| 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 |