Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 3, 2025 | 16:00 | Common dolphin | 6 | 0 | Bow riding | 20 |
1.5 miles East of Laxey |
Tom Morgan (Barrule) |
| March 3, 2025 | 16:00 | Common dolphin | 6 | 0 | Bow riding | 10 |
1 mile off Laxey |
Barrule |
| March 2, 2025 | 08:15 | Common dolphin | 10 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
1 km off Laxey beach |
Shane Stigant |
| March 1, 2025 | 08:30 | Unidentified small cetacean | 10 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
0.5 km off Laxey head. |
Shane Stigant |
| February 28, 2025 | 09:55 | Common dolphin | 3 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
2 km off Laxey, (just outside Laxey bay) |
Shane Stigant |
| February 27, 2025 | 10:20 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Leaping | 120 |
Castletown bay |
Taylor Fields, Sue Coles and Malcolm Stewart |
| February 19, 2025 | 17:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Bow riding | 5 |
Douglas bay, seen from the Manxman |
Ava T |
| February 17, 2025 | 10:00 | Common dolphin | 12 | 3 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 10 |
6 miles off Peel |
Not recorded |
| February 15, 2025 | 17:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Peel breakwater |
Too many to mention |
| February 2, 2025 | 13:20 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Fisher hill, Castletown |
Cheryl M. |
| January 30, 2025 | 13:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Port Mooar |
Anna Kerruish |
| January 29, 2025 | 10:55 | Bottlenose dolphin | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| January 25, 2025 | 13:40 | Bottlenose dolphin | 27 | 3 | Normal swimming | 35 |
East of Laxey beach |
Shane Stigant, Richard Cooil |
| January 22, 2025 | 15:45 | Bottlenose dolphin | 30 | 10 | Normal swimming | 60 |
Laxey-Garwick bays |
Shane Stigant, Gez Sowrey |
| January 21, 2025 | 14:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Leaping | 5 |
15metres off Peel Promenade |
Sylvia and Tommy Harrison |
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 |