Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| November 18, 2024 | 15:45 | Common dolphin | 40 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
12 miles NW of the Isle of Man |
David Saunders |
| November 18, 2024 | 14:20 | Risso’s dolphin | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Marine drive |
Louisa Nodwell |
| November 14, 2024 | 11:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 45 |
Laxey Bay |
Shane Stigant |
| November 14, 2024 | 15:15 | Unidentified small cetacean | 4 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 20 |
4 NM off Laxey |
Shane Stigant |
| November 14, 2024 | 15:45 | Unidentified small cetacean | 6 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
4-6 NM off Clay Head |
Shane Stigant |
| November 13, 2024 | 12:20 | Bottlenose dolphin | 10 | 4 | Feeding or foraging | 40 |
3km off Laxey |
Shane Stigant |
| November 13, 2024 | 13:55 | Unidentified small cetacean | 5 | 0 | Leaping | 10 |
Onchan Head |
Matt Cory |
| November 13, 2024 | 13:08 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 12 |
Peel Breakwater |
Steve Wright, Georgie Dempsey-Moore, Ruth Black |
| November 12, 2024 | 11:30 | Common dolphin | 10 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
5 miles South of Port St Mary |
Martin Lambden |
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 |