Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4, 2025 | 08:50 | Bottlenose dolphin | 35 | 5 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Port St Mary |
Helen Crosbie |
| January 3, 2025 | 11:45 | Bottlenose dolphin | 50 | 0 | Normal swimming | 30 |
2-3 miles off Laxey |
Shane Stigant |
| January 2, 2025 | 09:40 | Bottlenose dolphin | 15 | 5 | Fast swim or porpoising | 15 |
2 miles off Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| January 1, 2025 | 14:20 | Bottlenose dolphin | 3 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
Cornaa |
Shane Stigant |
| December 28, 2024 | 08:45 | Bottlenose dolphin | 50 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 80 |
Laxey to Douglas |
Shane Stigant |
| December 28, 2024 | 13:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 10 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant | |
| 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 |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2023 | 20:45 | 1 | Tight circling | 20 | Behind peel castle | Iva | |||
| May 9, 2023 | 12:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 15 miles East of Point of Ayre | Chris Hill | ||
| May 8, 2023 | 18:45 | 3 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 10 | White beach niarbyl | Matt Tyrer | ||
| May 8, 2023 | 20:20 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Peel breakwater | Will holden | ||
| May 7, 2023 | 12:00 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Point of Ayre | Liz Charter | |||
| May 6, 2023 | 11:10 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Port Erin bay | Kathleen | |||
| August 28, 2022 | 10:00 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 360 | Peel bay | Peter Bradley, Nia Clague and many others | |||
| August 25, 2022 | 11:00 | 0 | 1 | Tight circling | 300 | Niarbyl | Keira & Owen, Stewart Ward | ||
| August 24, 2022 | 08:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 240 | Peel Breakwater | John Hills, Max Crookall | |||
| August 21, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | Port Erin | Debbie McGregor | |||
| August 20, 2022 | 11:00 | 1 | Parellel swimming | 10 | Peel Castle | Jonathan Reilly | |||
| August 15, 2022 | 18:35 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Back of the Calf | Joshua and Jake, Paul, Tanya and others on Shona boat | |||
| August 14, 2022 | 13:50 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | West of the Sound | MWDW | |||
| August 13, 2022 | 19:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Langness | Laura Elizabeth | |||
| August 11, 2022 | 19:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Warts Bank, Calf of Man | Gemini |