Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 24, 2025 | 10:40 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
Marine drive |
Pawel G |
| March 22, 2025 | 12:30 | Risso’s dolphin | 10 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Marine Drive, Little Ness end |
Manuela |
| March 19, 2025 | 13:20 | Common dolphin | 9 | 0 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 20 |
5 miles West of Peel |
Barrule |
| March 16, 2025 | 13:30 | Risso’s dolphin | 2 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 2 |
Marine drive-Little Ness |
Peter Quirk, Pawel G | |
| March 16, 2025 | 10:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Interacting with swimmers | 10 |
Port Erin bay |
Carole Laporte |
| March 15, 2025 | 14:00 | Risso’s dolphin | 9 | Fast swim or porpoising | 120 |
Calf of Man to Fleshwick and back again |
Hannah, Jimmy, Dave, Rob, Jay, Sue etc | |
| March 15, 2025 | 15:00 | Unidentified small cetacean | 6 | 0 | Normal swimming | 3 |
Langness peninsula |
Andi Carran |
| March 15, 2025 | 12:30 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 1 | Normal swimming | 20 |
Gibdale, Calf of Man |
Robert Fisher |
| March 15, 2025 | 12:40 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
8 miles NW of the Isle of Man |
Derek Crawley |
| March 15, 2025 | 11:00 | Common dolphin | 30 | 10 | Normal swimming | 140 |
2miles off Port Erin |
Taylor Bridgens, Buster Nixon Mike Tide |
| March 14, 2025 | 16:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Peel breakwater |
Jakub Hewer |
| March 13, 2025 | 07:00 | Risso’s dolphin | 1 | 0 | Not recorded | 1 |
Bradda head |
Manuela |
| March 11, 2025 | 14:00 | Unidentified small cetacean | 10 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
1km NE of Clay Head |
Shane Stigant |
| March 11, 2025 | 15:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 20 | 0 | Normal swimming | 80 |
Marine Drive |
Carol Woodall, Sue & Bill |
| March 8, 2025 | 11:45 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Laxey Bay Marine Nature Reserve |
David Bellamy & Robert Fisher |
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 |