Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 16, 2025 08:45 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 45

Off Peel breakwater

Jenny and Alan Porter
August 15, 2025 13:00 Risso’s dolphin 5 0 Normal swimming 10

About 1 mile off White beach

Martin Lambden
August 14, 2025 14:30 Harbour porpoise 5 Boat interaction (not riding bow) 10

Scarlett point

Ian Astill
August 14, 2025 21:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Peel bay

Jenny and Alan Porter
August 13, 2025 13:00 Bottlenose dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 5

1 km offshore directly west from The Nay off Bradda.

Thomas Keggin
August 13, 2025 13:15 Bottlenose dolphin 2 Normal swimming 5

1 km directly west off The Nay on Bradda

Thomas Keggin
August 12, 2025 16:08 Common dolphin 10 0 Fast swim or porpoising 20

Peel castle

Anastasiia
August 12, 2025 18:30 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

1km east of South Harbour, Calf of Man

David Bellamy, Robert Fisher, Lara Howe, Steve Clague & passengers
August 12, 2025 20:05 Harbour porpoise 2 Normal swimming 15

1km south of the Burroo, Calf of Man

David Bellamy, Robert Fisher, Lara Howe, Steve Clague & passengers on “Scraayl”
August 12, 2025 20:30 Harbour porpoise 3 Feeding or foraging 5

1.25km south of Kallow Point, Port St Mary

David Bellamy, Robert Fisher, Lara Howe, Steve Clague & passengers on “Scraayl”
August 12, 2025 12:30 Common dolphin 20 10 Bow riding 10

3 miles off Niarbyl

Max Crookall
August 12, 2025 21:00 Common dolphin 10 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Peel breakwater

Jenny and Alan Porter
August 11, 2025 12:00 Common dolphin 12 0 Bow riding 15

3 miles north of Peel bay.

August 11, 2025 18:05 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Boat interaction (not riding bow) 4

Peel breakwater

Caroline McGillion
August 11, 2025 15:45 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 10

MWT Cronk y Bing Nature Reserve

David Bellamy & Carmel Croukamp

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 5, 2025 11:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 390 Port Erin Bay under Bradda Glen Café car park. Jackie Hall, Breeanna Quine Taylor, Kyle
July 27, 2025 10:45 1 1 Swimming 1 Ayres NNR Ian Bell
June 26, 2025 17:50 1 Suspected feeding 20 Back of Peel Breakwater Jo Pickering
June 25, 2025 14:45 1 Swimming 5 1 mile off Peel breakwater Michael Main
June 25, 2025 06:40 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Niarbyl Matt Blissett
June 25, 2025 09:30 1 Suspected feeding 5 Derbyhaven Mary Brownsdon
June 24, 2025 12:15 0 0 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 NiarbyL Marc Hughes
June 23, 2025 07:15 1 1 Suspected feeding 80 Back of Peel Castle Janice McQuarrie and David Wright
June 23, 2025 15:00 1 Suspected feeding 20 Peel breakwater The Callow Family
June 12, 2025 09:00 1 0 0 1 Swimming 5 Peel bay Jenny Victoria
May 23, 2025 05:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Contrary head John Henley
May 23, 2025 05:50 0 2 0 2 Tight circling 5 Niarbyl John Henley
May 23, 2025 12:00 0 0 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Bradda head Anon
May 22, 2025 20:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles off Peel Tim Tomalin
May 20, 2025 16:35 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 1 mile west of Bradda head Kirrie