Date Time Duration (Mins) Species Location Adults Juveniles Behaviour 1 Observer Name
August 16, 2026 08:15 20 Common dolphin

2.5 km off Laxey

4 0 Fast swim or porpoising Shane Stigant
August 16, 2026 17:30 10 Moonlight and Starlight

Off Peel breakwater

2 0 Fast swim or porpoising Casey J boat trips
August 14, 2026 12:10 3 Moonlight and Starlight

Between Maughold lighthouse and Port Mooar

2 0 Normal swimming Philip Sharratt
August 14, 2026 17:00 70 Common dolphin

Marine drive

18 2 Normal swimming Manuela
August 13, 2026 19:05 5 Harbour porpoise

10 miles from peel

3 0 Normal swimming Sandpiper
August 13, 2026 19:10 7 Common dolphin

9 miles off peel

2 Boat interaction (not riding bow) Sandpiper
August 12, 2026 12:30 5 Harbour porpoise

Castletown Bay

4 0 Fast swim or porpoising Dave Callister
August 12, 2026 16:00 5 Risso’s dolphin

5 miles NW of Calf Sound

2 0 Feeding or foraging Nina & Dermot Shimmin
August 10, 2026 18:50 10 Common dolphin

10 miles off Peel

15 0 Normal swimming Seren
August 7, 2026 11:00 30 Moonlight and Starlight

Peel Bay

2 0 Normal swimming Eva and Daniel Barnes
August 6, 2026 20:40 15 Moonlight and Starlight

Off Peel harbour wall

2 Feeding or foraging Andy, Nicki and Laura Mason and Jake Lane
August 6, 2026 10:00 39 Moonlight and Starlight

Peel bay

2 0 Feeding or foraging John & Polly-May
August 4, 2026 12:00 15 Moonlight and Starlight

Laxey bay

2 0 Feeding or foraging Ken Hori
August 3, 2026 20:45 14 Moonlight and Starlight

Peel bay

2 0 Not recorded Christy DeHaven
August 2, 2026 14:35 5 Moonlight and Starlight

Langness

2 Fast swim or porpoising Neil Corkill
August 2, 2026 16:45 5 Minke whale

10 miles out of Douglas, from Ben my Chree

1 0 Normal swimming Peter Sanders
August 2, 2026 12:30 40 Harbour porpoise

Marine Drive

5 0 Normal swimming Steve Wright
August 2, 2026 16:55 5 Unidentified small cetacean

9.5 miles off Douglas

15 0 Normal swimming Peter Sanders
August 2, 2026 18:50 5 Bottlenose dolphin

The Stack, Calf of Man

15 0 Bow riding Laura Stewart, Quentin De Backer
August 1, 2026 08:05 60 Bottlenose dolphin

Derbyhaven bay

2 0 Normal swimming Kayleigh