Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 6, 2018 | 16:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 55 |
Peel Castle |
MWDW, Josh and Chloe Gelling |
| November 5, 2018 | 15:20 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 1 | Not recorded | 15 |
The Sound |
Neil Barron |
| November 4, 2018 | 10:54 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 390 |
Fort Island |
Neil B, R Davies, Mike Dunn, Ali Kyle |
| November 4, 2018 | 12:30 | Minke Whale | 4 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Off Marine Drive, very close to the cliffs, looked to be feeding. |
Rose Huntley |
| November 4, 2018 | 15:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 1 | Logging on surface | 60 |
End of run-way Derbyhaven. |
James |
| November 2, 2018 | 08:40 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Fort Island |
Liz Chartern Neil Barron |
| November 2, 2018 | 14:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 4 | 1 | Not recorded | 15 |
Drinking dragon |
Neil Barron |
| November 1, 2018 | 08:00 | Minke Whale | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 540 |
Santon gorge-Fort Island |
Jan Cooil, E Cleator, others |
| November 1, 2018 | 09:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 10 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Derbyhaven |
Liz Charter |
| November 1, 2018 | 08:45 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 13 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 120 |
Laxey-Marine drive |
Many |
| October 31, 2018 | 09:30 | Minke Whale | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Fort island to airport runway |
Mike Dunn, Neil Barron |
| October 31, 2018 | 10:35 | Minke Whale | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Fort Island |
Neil Barron |
| October 30, 2018 | 11:30 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 180 |
Between runway and Fort island |
James Woolnough, Caitriona Ellis, Nick Shimmin |
| October 30, 2018 | 13:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
500 metres off Douglas Lighthouse |
Peter Quirk |
| October 30, 2018 | 14:10 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 2 |
Half mile off Pigeon Stream, Marine Drive. |
Peter Quirk |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 22, 2026 | 18:30 | 1 | 1 | 10 | Fenella | Keiron and Charlotte | |||
| September 21, 2026 | 16:45 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Port Erin Bay | Jacqueline Yates | ||
| September 20, 2026 | 16:30 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Baystacka | Tom boat trips isle of man | ||
| September 13, 2026 | 08:25 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Between Port Erin and Fleshwick Bay | Christa Morris | ||
| September 4, 2026 | 16:00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Point of Ayre, Ballaghennie | Kathryn Sheard |
| August 16, 2026 | 12:50 | 1 | 1 | Tight circling | 15 | Approx 0.5 mile South of Fenella Beach | Not recorded | ||
| August 16, 2026 | 19:15 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Just off Peel breakwater | Harriet Benjamin | ||
| August 15, 2026 | 11:30 | 2 | 2 | Suspected feeding | 50 | Off Peel headland | Richard, Janice and Mel Cooil | ||
| August 11, 2026 | 10:30 | 1 | 1 | Breaching | 35 | 100m off Peel Hill | Ava & Ian Judd, Jo Stainthorop | ||
| August 9, 2026 | 15:35 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Port Erin bay (adjacent to lifeboat station) | Gordon Crowe | ||
| August 9, 2026 | 13:55 | 1 | 1 | Breaching | 5 | South Harbour, Calf of Man | Sam Bowers | ||
| August 9, 2026 | 10:50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 8 | Peel hill | Jo Stainthorp | |
| August 8, 2026 | 12:55 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 25 | Just south of Peel Castle | Jan Ozyer | ||
| August 7, 2026 | 16:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Just off breakwater in Port Erin. | Siobhan Meredith | ||
| August 6, 2026 | 11:40 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Off Port Erin breakwater | Siobhan Meredith |