Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2025 | 11:25 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Peel headland |
Richard Cooil |
| May 9, 2025 | 20:20 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 2 |
West of Sound car park |
Sue Whittaker and Carol |
| May 9, 2025 | 18:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 150 |
Port Erin Bay |
Aquabike Isle of Man, Siobhan Milnes |
| May 9, 2025 | 13:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Peel, just outside the mouth of Fenella Bay |
Steve Wright |
| May 7, 2025 | 07:50 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 40 |
Langness-Derbyhaven |
Jessica Pentelow, David Oates, Emma Pugh |
| May 7, 2025 | 18:15 | Risso’s dolphin | 3 | 1 | Leaping | 30 |
Marine drive, Douglas. |
Leon Crompton-Jones |
| May 7, 2025 | 11:00 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
South Harbour, Calf of Man |
David Bellamy |
| May 6, 2025 | 08:00 | Harbour porpoise | 3 | Normal swimming | 5 |
6 miles off Port St Mary |
Martin Lambden | |
| May 6, 2025 | 21:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Peel by the bowling green |
Dave Corkish |
| May 5, 2025 | 12:55 | Risso’s dolphin | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
The Sound |
MWDW |
| May 4, 2025 | 17:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Smeale |
Chelsea Mccallum |
| May 3, 2025 | 12:00 | Risso’s dolphin | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Marine drive |
Adam T.S |
| May 1, 2025 | 12:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Laxey bay |
Rosemarie |
| May 1, 2025 | 17:12 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Marine Drive |
MWDW |
| May 1, 2025 | 15:00 | Risso’s dolphin | 6 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Marine drive |
Ian Young |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2023 | 18:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Perwick bay | Jacky Hall | |||
| May 11, 2023 | 16:45 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 1 | Contrary Head | Paul Barlow | ||
| 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 |