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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |