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
April 29, 2022 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 15 Eary Cushlin Nicola