Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 29, 2025 15:10 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Boat interaction (not riding bow) 10

Laxey breakwater

Live sightings feed
June 26, 2025 13:30 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Port Mooar

Shane Stigant
June 25, 2025 11:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 Normal swimming 10

Marine Drive

Anita Bate
June 24, 2025 16:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 10

Point of Ayre

Clare Rundle
June 21, 2025 20:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Bow riding 10

Ramsey bay

Daniel Sugden
June 20, 2025 19:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Not recorded 10

Garwick bay, Laxey

Sue and Neil Maclean
June 19, 2025 07:00 Risso’s dolphin 4 0 Normal swimming 10

4 miles west of Peel

Max Crookall
June 18, 2025 10:45 Moonlight and Starlight 2 Normal swimming 5

Just north of Maughold Head

John Barker
June 18, 2025 18:45 Risso’s dolphin 5 0 Normal swimming 15

Port St Mary breakwater

Graham Hall
June 18, 2025 16:00 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Port St Mary ledges

Phill M
June 18, 2025 13:00 Harbour porpoise 2 Normal swimming 65

Approx. 1/4 mile SE of Carrick, Pt. St. Mary

Martin Lambden
June 18, 2025 14:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Between Garwick and Laxey Bay, close to shore

Steve Taggart
June 16, 2025 07:30 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Peel bay

Carol Power
June 15, 2025 17:30 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 50

Peel bay

Christy DeHaven, MWDW
June 12, 2025 15:20 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 10

Ramsey bay

Jeremy Rigby

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 11, 2022 10:40 1 1 Suspected feeding 7 1nm SE of South Harbour, Calf of Man David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
July 10, 2022 21:20 1 Suspected feeding 6 Three and a half miles NW of Calf Sound Dermot Shimmin
July 5, 2022 09:00 1 3 Suspected feeding 120 1 km off White Strand & Gob-Y-Deigan Ian Judd
July 5, 2022 15:45 1 Swimming 15 Niarbyl Bay Georgina Franks, Lauren Slater
July 5, 2022 15:00 1 1 Swimming 180 Peel breakwater Colin Lawrenson, Alistair Sutherland and other
July 4, 2022 12:00 3 Suspected feeding 200 Peel breakwater to the headlands Andi young, Neil Westwood, The Mitchell family
July 3, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Glen Maye – Peel Hill David R
July 3, 2022 15:55 1 Suspected feeding 10 150-200m off Peel Castle Mike Davies
June 30, 2022 13:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 15 Scarlett Virginia Keig
June 30, 2022 16:24 0 0 1 Swimming 2 North coast of the Calf of Man Tom Morgan and Gemma Scotts
June 27, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles west of Peel Max Crookall
June 23, 2022 16:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 1 Half a mile north of Calf Sound Malcolm Stewart
June 22, 2022 18:15 1 2 Suspected feeding 20 Herring tower Langness Richard and Janice Cooil
June 22, 2022 19:20 1 Suspected feeding 2 6km SW of Chicken Rock David Bellamy & others
June 21, 2022 19:15 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Port Wallberry, Marine Drive Manx Ornithological Society Marine Drive walk