Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 6, 2018 | 16:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 55 |
Peel Castle |
MWDW, Josh and Chloe Gelling |
| November 5, 2018 | 15:20 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 1 | Not recorded | 15 |
The Sound |
Neil Barron |
| November 4, 2018 | 10:54 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 390 |
Fort Island |
Neil B, R Davies, Mike Dunn, Ali Kyle |
| November 4, 2018 | 12:30 | Minke Whale | 4 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Off Marine Drive, very close to the cliffs, looked to be feeding. |
Rose Huntley |
| November 4, 2018 | 15:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 1 | Logging on surface | 60 |
End of run-way Derbyhaven. |
James |
| November 2, 2018 | 08:40 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Fort Island |
Liz Chartern Neil Barron |
| November 2, 2018 | 14:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 4 | 1 | Not recorded | 15 |
Drinking dragon |
Neil Barron |
| November 1, 2018 | 08:00 | Minke Whale | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 540 |
Santon gorge-Fort Island |
Jan Cooil, E Cleator, others |
| November 1, 2018 | 09:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 10 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Derbyhaven |
Liz Charter |
| November 1, 2018 | 08:45 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 13 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 120 |
Laxey-Marine drive |
Many |
| October 31, 2018 | 09:30 | Minke Whale | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Fort island to airport runway |
Mike Dunn, Neil Barron |
| October 31, 2018 | 10:35 | Minke Whale | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Fort Island |
Neil Barron |
| October 30, 2018 | 11:30 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 180 |
Between runway and Fort island |
James Woolnough, Caitriona Ellis, Nick Shimmin |
| October 30, 2018 | 13:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
500 metres off Douglas Lighthouse |
Peter Quirk |
| October 30, 2018 | 14:10 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 2 |
Half mile off Pigeon Stream, Marine Drive. |
Peter Quirk |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2025 | 14:50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Laxey bay (off Fairy Glen filling station) | David Thornley | |
| May 12, 2025 | 14:05 | 1 | 1 | 15 | Sugarloaf | Port St Mary Calf of Man Boat | |||
| May 10, 2025 | 18:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | 1 mile off Niarbyl | Glenda | ||
| May 5, 2025 | 07:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Groudle | Anon | |||
| May 1, 2025 | 05:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | 1/2 mile off Dalby | Mark Cain | ||
| April 29, 2025 | 18:15 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Langness | Neil Garlick | ||
| April 29, 2025 | 19:00 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 20 | Spanish Head | Stephen Arnold | ||
| August 3, 2024 | 15:00 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Point of Ayre | Anon | |||
| August 1, 2024 | 14:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 6 miles off Ramsey | Orry Corlett | |||
| May 31, 2024 | 14:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Peel Castle | Keith H | |||
| May 22, 2024 | 12:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 3 kms off Scarlett | Tom | ||
| May 21, 2024 | 14:10 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Peel | |||
| May 20, 2024 | 18:20 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 80 | Laxey bay | Shane Stigant, Peta Rooney | ||
| May 18, 2024 | 14:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Marine drive, Toll gate | Andy Garrett | |||
| May 15, 2024 | 20:20 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 1/4 mile off Niarbyl | Adam |