Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
April 4, 2018 13:00 Unidentified Small Cetacean 3 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Langness by the lighthouse

Graham Sutton
March 29, 2018 07:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 6 0 Not recorded 15

Ramsey bay

Unknown
March 27, 2018 12:28 Harbour Porpoise 1 Feeding or foraging 5

S of Sound

Sue & Bill Whittaker
March 27, 2018 10:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 30 Fast swim or porpoising 90

Marine drive

Mike Radcliffe, Talitha Jane
March 26, 2018 17:15 Unidentified Small Cetacean 4 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Marine drive

Rachel and Alex Myers, Tom Kelly
March 24, 2018 12:05 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Scarlett trail

Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker
March 24, 2018 18:15 Harbour Porpoise 4 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Nort of the Calf

Carol Woodall, Sue & Bill
March 24, 2018 14:50 Risso’s Dolphin 8 0 Normal swimming 10

East of the Calf

MWDW, Neil Barron
March 22, 2018 11:35 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 10

Port Soderick

Neil Barron
March 11, 2018 10:45 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Marine drive

Neil Barron
March 9, 2018 10:30 Harbour Porpoise 3 1 Feeding or foraging 120

Off Smeale beach

Jerry Jones
March 9, 2018 09:50 Bottlenose Dolphin 12 0 Normal swimming 10

Marine drive (Keristal)

Neil Barron
February 21, 2018 14:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 30 0 Fast swim or porpoising 5

Groudle

Keith Sabey
February 20, 2018 15:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 8 0 Normal swimming 10

Port Soderick

Neil Barron
February 19, 2018 09:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Normal swimming 10

Marine Drive

Graham Bayliss

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 5, 2025 11:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 390 Port Erin Bay under Bradda Glen Café car park. Jackie Hall, Breeanna Quine Taylor, Kyle
July 27, 2025 10:45 1 1 Swimming 1 Ayres NNR Ian Bell
July 5, 2025 08:55 1 0 0 1 Swimming 2 Santon head Barrule
June 26, 2025 17:50 1 Suspected feeding 20 Back of Peel Breakwater Jo Pickering
June 25, 2025 14:45 1 Swimming 5 1 mile off Peel breakwater Michael Main
June 25, 2025 06:40 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Niarbyl Matt Blissett
June 25, 2025 09:30 1 Suspected feeding 5 Derbyhaven Mary Brownsdon
June 24, 2025 12:15 0 0 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 NiarbyL Marc Hughes
June 23, 2025 07:15 1 1 Suspected feeding 80 Back of Peel Castle Janice McQuarrie and David Wright
June 23, 2025 15:00 1 Suspected feeding 20 Peel breakwater The Callow Family
June 12, 2025 09:00 1 0 0 1 Swimming 5 Peel bay Jenny Victoria
May 23, 2025 05:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Contrary head John Henley
May 23, 2025 05:50 0 2 0 2 Tight circling 5 Niarbyl John Henley
May 23, 2025 12:00 0 0 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Bradda head Anon
May 22, 2025 20:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles off Peel Tim Tomalin