Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 10, 2025 | 18:30 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
South harbour, Calf of Man |
Calf wardens |
| July 9, 2025 | 10:00 | Common dolphin | 8 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Halfway between Douglas and heysham |
Jack Ashton-Booth |
| July 9, 2025 | 10:40 | Risso’s dolphin | 3 | 0 | Tail slapping | 10 |
2 miles SSE of Calf Sound |
Martin Lambden |
| July 9, 2025 | 15:00 | Risso’s dolphin | 4 | 0 | Normal swimming | 40 |
Kallow Point to the Chasms |
Martin Lambden, Jeremy Paul |
| July 9, 2025 | 19:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Port St Mary, just off Mona’s Queen memorial. |
Paul Woods |
| July 8, 2025 | 20:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Bow riding | 20 |
Ramsey Bay, North |
Paul Caine |
| July 8, 2025 | 12:20 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
South harbour, Calf of Man |
Calf wardens |
| July 8, 2025 | 09:35 | Risso’s dolphin | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
2km south of the Calf |
Calf wardens |
| July 8, 2025 | 07:50 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Culbery, west of the Calf |
Calf wardens |
| July 7, 2025 | 16:20 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Kione ny Halbey, south of the Calf |
Calf wardens |
| July 6, 2025 | 14:20 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Port Erin |
Jill and Bri, Garry Owen |
| July 1, 2025 | 14:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Leaping | 20 |
Laxey harbour, the ocean side of the breakwater with the green lighthouse |
Stephen Tompsett |
| July 1, 2025 | 12:00 | Risso’s dolphin | 10 | 5 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 10 |
3 miles off Contrary Head |
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| June 30, 2025 | 14:45 | Common dolphin | 40 | 5 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
12 miles south of the sound |
Ethan |
| June 30, 2025 | 06:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
Peel bay, Between groyne and Creg Malin |
Janice McQuarrie |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 28, 2022 | 20:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 1 mile off Peel | Casey J | ||
| July 27, 2022 | 13:00 | 1 | Tight circling | 10 | Gibdale Point | Peter Kay | |||
| July 18, 2022 | 19:37 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Nina Shimmin | |||
| July 16, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 80 | Port Erin | undeleeb din, Elasmomann | |||
| July 14, 2022 | 07:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 3 miles off Contrary head | Max Crookall | |||
| July 12, 2022 | 03:00 | 2 | Swimming | 120 | Port Erin Bay | Charles Leclerc | |||
| July 11, 2022 | 10:40 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 7 | 1nm SE of South Harbour, Calf of Man | David Bellamy & Robert Fisher | ||
| July 10, 2022 | 21:20 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 6 | Three and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Dermot Shimmin | |||
| July 5, 2022 | 09:00 | 1 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 120 | 1 km off White Strand & Gob-Y-Deigan | Ian Judd | ||
| July 5, 2022 | 15:45 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Niarbyl Bay | Georgina Franks, Lauren Slater | |||
| 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 |