Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 29, 2024 | 15:25 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Peel Casle |
Jeannette Griffiths |
| September 28, 2024 | 12:45 | Bottlenose dolphin | 25 | 5 | Feeding or foraging | 90 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| September 28, 2024 | 07:05 | Bottlenose dolphin | 12 | 1 | Bow riding | 10 |
Douglas bay |
Jay Taylor |
| September 25, 2024 | 10:30 | Unidentified small cetacean | 8 | 0 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 10 |
Clay head |
Not recorded |
| September 23, 2024 | 17:15 | Risso’s dolphin | 15 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Marine drive arches |
Marc Mellor, Rosie Callow |
| September 22, 2024 | 07:45 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Bradda head |
Sylvia Podmore |
| September 20, 2024 | 13:20 | Common dolphin | 200 | 50 | Fast swim or porpoising | 15 |
1/2 mile off Point of Ayre |
Jake ‘Rocket’ Mortimer |
| September 17, 2024 | 10:30 | Minke whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 50 |
6 miles NW of Peel |
Ian and Jane Young |
| September 16, 2024 | 16:55 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| September 16, 2024 | 18:20 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | Bow riding | 40 |
Peel breakwater |
MWDW | |
| September 13, 2024 | 14:00 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
The Chasms |
Elan Shipton |
| September 13, 2024 | 14:10 | Harbour porpoise | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Perwick bay |
Elan Shipton |
| September 12, 2024 | 17:30 | Harbour porpoise | 4 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Gibdale Bay, Calf of Man |
Calf Warden |
| September 11, 2024 | 18:45 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Peel Breakwater |
Dennis Jepson |
| September 11, 2024 | 17:00 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Gibdale Bay, Calf of Man |
Calf Warden |
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 |