Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 27, 2024 | 09:15 | Bottlenose dolphin | 40 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
2 to 3 miles off Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| December 25, 2024 | 13:30 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Off Peel Castle rocks. |
Allen Moore |
| December 20, 2024 | 16:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 10 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| December 18, 2024 | 15:50 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
50m off Ramsey north beach |
Andy McKnight |
| December 11, 2024 | 09:15 | Bottlenose dolphin | 13 | 2 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| December 8, 2024 | 13:10 | Bottlenose dolphin | 10 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
3 miles off Laxey |
Shane Stigant |
| December 6, 2024 | 09:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 23 | 2 | Feeding or foraging | 90 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| December 4, 2024 | 14:30 | Minke whale | 1 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
Near Point of Ayre |
Carol Callow |
| December 3, 2024 | 14:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 8 | 4 | Leaping | 10 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| December 3, 2024 | 05:00 | Common dolphin | 10 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
3 miles off Peel |
Alex Bullock |
| December 2, 2024 | 12:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 25 | 5 | Normal swimming | 60 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant, Louise & Stephen |
| November 26, 2024 | 13:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 150 |
Peel bay |
Many |
| November 22, 2024 | 10:30 | Bottlenose dolphin | 10 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Laxey bay |
David Cooper |
| November 19, 2024 | 09:00 | Common dolphin | 10 | 0 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 10 |
3 miles off Port Erin |
Olly Kermeen |
| November 18, 2024 | 11:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
West of Point of Ayre |
T Young |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 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 |