Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
September 26, 2026 16:40 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 2

100m off Peel Castle

Allen Moore
September 24, 2026 12:30 Risso’s dolphin 7 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Onchan head

Not recorded
September 21, 2026 19:20 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Leaping 15

Ramsey bay south

Keren Wormwell
September 14, 2026 09:00 Bottlenose dolphin 2 Normal swimming 10

Laxey bay, 2 km from shore.

Shane Stigant
September 13, 2026 15:30 Tuna 1 0 Leaping 3

Bradda head

John Keggin
September 13, 2026 12:00 Risso’s dolphin 1 0 Logging on surface 60

Niarbyl

MWDW
September 9, 2026 15:40 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Black Head, east of the Calf Sound

Carol Woodall
September 9, 2026 15:30 Ocean sunfish 1 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Back of Peel Castle

Kenneth Turner
September 8, 2026 07:40 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Northern end Douglas promenade

Lynn Merriman
August 30, 2026 13:10 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Bow riding 15

Garwick Bay

David Bellamy & family
August 29, 2026 13:00 Harbour porpoise 3 1 Normal swimming 2

South of the Calf Sound

Sue Whittaker
August 26, 2026 07:15 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 20

Point of Ayre

Christopher Wormwell
August 23, 2026 15:50 Risso’s dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 20

Right inshore, south of Niabyl

MWDW
August 23, 2026 14:05 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 3

Back of Peel castle

Megan Whitelegg
August 22, 2026 17:05 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 10

South of the Calf Sound

Harriet Benjamin

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
April 29, 2022 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 15 Eary Cushlin Nicola