Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 13:00 | Unidentified large cetacean | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Langness Herring tower |
Kat Boylan |
| December 26, 2025 | 09:30 | Bottlenose dolphin | 15 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 15 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| December 24, 2025 | 14:30 | Bottlenose dolphin | 4 | 0 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 2 |
10 miles east of Douglas from Ben-my-Chree |
Berber |
| December 16, 2025 | 08:30 | Bottlenose dolphin | 30 | 10 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Mid Laxey bay, 2 to 3 km from shore. |
Shane Stigant |
| December 16, 2025 | 09:30 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
1.5 km from Laxey beach |
Shane Stigant |
| December 15, 2025 | 10:25 | Bottlenose dolphin | 30 | 10 | Normal swimming | 180 |
2 km off Laxey |
Shane Stigant |
| December 15, 2025 | 12:30 | Minke whale | 0 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 90 |
Laxey bay, 2km from shore |
Shane Stigant |
| December 15, 2025 | 15:30 | Fin whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Just offshore, East of Spanish Head |
Martin Lambden |
| December 14, 2025 | 09:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Peel breakwater |
Helen Cave |
| December 12, 2025 | 09:50 | Minke whale | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 1 |
2km East of Laxey beach |
Shane Stigant | |
| December 12, 2025 | 10:15 | Bottlenose dolphin | 12 | 3 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
1 km off Laxey beach |
Shane Stigant |
| December 2, 2025 | 12:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 12 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
2 km East of Laxey harbour. |
Shane Stigant |
| December 1, 2025 | 12:30 | Bottlenose dolphin | 40 | 10 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 10 |
The Targets fishing ground |
Not recorded |
| November 30, 2025 | 11:40 | Bottlenose dolphin | 20 | 5 | Feeding or foraging | 80 |
2km off Laxey beach |
Shane Stigant |
| November 21, 2025 | 08:20 | Bottlenose dolphin | 10 | 0 | Normal swimming | 25 |
Maughold head |
Jenny read |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| June 21, 2022 | 17:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 25 | 350m off Glen Wyllin | Ian Young | |||
| June 18, 2022 | 11:00 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Marine Drive | Craig Whalley | |||
| June 16, 2022 | 12:10 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Douglas head | Ian Wilcock | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 13:45 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Soderick | Jordan Palfreman |