Passive detection with a baffled cylindrical array can potentially be improved at low frequencies by exploiting signal diffraction around the baffle. A model based on infinite rigid cylinder scattering suggests that large gains in signal-to-noise ratio are potentially available to adaptive beamformers if the sensor arc is widened to include sensors in the acoustic shadow. However, elastic scatter effects become increasingly important as frequency decreases, so the gains obtained in practice are unknown. The gains in detection performance are examined in this letter by analyzing data recorded at sea from a platform-mounted sonar array.