Date Time Duration (Mins) Species Location Adults Juveniles Behaviour 1 Observer Name
December 31, 2025 08:30 20 Bottlenose dolphin

2km east of Laxey harbour

12 3 Bow riding Steve Taggart
December 31, 2025 13:00 15 Unidentified large cetacean

Langness Herring tower

1 0 Feeding or foraging Kat Boylan
December 26, 2025 09:30 15 Bottlenose dolphin

Laxey bay

15 0 Fast swim or porpoising Shane Stigant
December 24, 2025 14:30 2 Bottlenose dolphin

10 miles east of Douglas from Ben-my-Chree

4 0 Boat interaction (not riding bow) Berber
December 16, 2025 08:30 60 Bottlenose dolphin

Mid Laxey bay, 2 to 3 km from shore.

30 10 Feeding or foraging Shane Stigant
December 16, 2025 09:30 5 Harbour porpoise

1.5 km from Laxey beach

2 1 Normal swimming Shane Stigant
December 15, 2025 10:25 180 Bottlenose dolphin

2 km off Laxey

30 10 Normal swimming Shane Stigant
December 15, 2025 12:30 90 Minke whale

Laxey bay, 2km from shore

0 1 Feeding or foraging Shane Stigant
December 15, 2025 15:30 5 Fin whale

Just offshore, East of Spanish Head

1 0 Normal swimming Martin Lambden
December 14, 2025 09:00 5 Moonlight and Starlight

Peel breakwater

2 0 Normal swimming Helen Cave
December 12, 2025 09:50 1 Minke whale

2km East of Laxey beach

1 Feeding or foraging Shane Stigant
December 12, 2025 10:15 10 Bottlenose dolphin

1 km off Laxey beach

12 3 Fast swim or porpoising Shane Stigant
December 2, 2025 12:00 10 Bottlenose dolphin

2 km East of Laxey harbour.

12 0 Fast swim or porpoising Shane Stigant
December 1, 2025 12:30 10 Bottlenose dolphin

The Targets fishing ground

40 10 Boat interaction (not riding bow) Not recorded
November 30, 2025 11:40 80 Bottlenose dolphin

2km off Laxey beach

20 5 Feeding or foraging Shane Stigant
November 21, 2025 08:20 25 Bottlenose dolphin

Maughold head

10 0 Normal swimming Jenny read
November 17, 2025 09:30 15 Minke whale

2 to 3 km South East of Laxey headland.

1 0 Feeding or foraging Shane Stigant
November 16, 2025 12:45 30 Bottlenose dolphin

2km East of Laxey headland

15 0 Feeding or foraging Shane Stigant
November 16, 2025 11:55 10 Moonlight and Starlight

Port Erin bay

2 0 Feeding or foraging James Woolnough
November 15, 2025 15:30 6 Moonlight and Starlight

Onchan headland

2 0 Normal swimming Steve Wright