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