Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 30, 2018 | 15:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Port Jack |
Graeme Healy |
| October 27, 2018 | 11:10 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 400 |
Santon gorge |
Jan Cooil, Cara |
| October 26, 2018 | 14:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 200 |
End of the airport runway |
Jan Cooil, Ryan Cain, Fred and others |
| October 26, 2018 | 16:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
End of the runway |
Jan Cooil |
| October 25, 2018 | 14:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 150 |
Between airport runway extension and Port Grenaugh |
Pauline & Michael Howland, Jan Cooil |
| October 24, 2018 | 15:50 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 130 |
North of Fort island |
Zoe Shimmin, Jan Cooil |
| October 23, 2018 | 10:00 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 480 |
North of Fort island |
MWDW |
| October 22, 2018 | 11:00 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 400 |
North of Fort island |
Peter Quirk |
| October 21, 2018 | 10:00 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 480 |
North of Fort island |
MWDW |
| October 20, 2018 | 11:15 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 300 |
North of Fort island |
David Richards and others |
| October 18, 2018 | 12:10 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 300 |
Douglas bay-Port Soderick |
Many people, incl Peter Quirk |
| October 18, 2018 | 15:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 75 |
North of the Sound, Bay Fine |
Cheryl and MWDW |
| October 18, 2018 | 12:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 30 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Burroo Ned, South of the Calf |
Neil Barron |
| October 17, 2018 | 12:10 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
The Arches, Marine drive |
Jan Cooil, Alison Price |
| October 17, 2018 | 13:20 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Little Ness, Marine Drive |
Steve Wright |
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 |