Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 18, 2025 | 14:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 60 |
Playing with Ben-my-Chree on berth, Douglas |
Hayley |
| August 16, 2025 | 16:00 | Common dolphin | 10 | 0 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 30 |
Approx 10 miles south of the Calf |
Colin |
| 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 15, 2025 | 16:44 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | Bow riding | 20 |
Garwick beach |
Nick Sheard | |
| 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 |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 28, 2022 | 20:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 1 mile off Peel | Casey J | ||
| July 27, 2022 | 13:00 | 1 | Tight circling | 10 | Gibdale Point | Peter Kay | |||
| July 18, 2022 | 19:37 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Nina Shimmin | |||
| July 16, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 80 | Port Erin | undeleeb din, Elasmomann | |||
| July 14, 2022 | 07:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 3 miles off Contrary head | Max Crookall | |||
| July 12, 2022 | 03:00 | 2 | Swimming | 120 | Port Erin Bay | Charles Leclerc | |||
| 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 |