Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
January 9, 2025 14:30 Bottlenose dolphin 4 0 Fast swim or porpoising 30

Outside Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
January 8, 2025 15:50 Bottlenose dolphin 27 3 Feeding or foraging 45

1 km off Laxey

Shane Stigant
January 8, 2025 15:40 Unidentified small cetacean 2 Normal swimming 2

2 miles south of Spanish Head

Malcolm Stewart
January 8, 2025 10:50 Bottlenose dolphin 10 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Laxey bay

David Cooper
January 8, 2025 11:15 Harbour porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Perwick bay

Martin Lambden
January 6, 2025 12:00 Bottlenose dolphin 10 0 Normal swimming 10

Marine drive

Pawel G
January 6, 2025 13:30 Harbour porpoise 1 1 Feeding or foraging 10

Gibdale point

Calf wardens
January 5, 2025 10:30 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Gibdale point

Calf wardens
January 5, 2025 16:30 Harbour porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 30

Gibdale point

Calf wardens
January 4, 2025 15:30 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Leaping 30

Peel Bay

Nikki Fowden, Caroline McGillion
January 4, 2025 08:50 Bottlenose dolphin 35 5 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Port St Mary

Helen Crosbie
January 3, 2025 11:45 Bottlenose dolphin 50 0 Normal swimming 30

2-3 miles off Laxey

Shane Stigant
January 2, 2025 09:40 Bottlenose dolphin 15 5 Fast swim or porpoising 15

2 miles off Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
January 1, 2025 14:20 Bottlenose dolphin 3 0 Fast swim or porpoising 5

Cornaa

Shane Stigant
December 28, 2024 08:45 Bottlenose dolphin 50 0 Fast swim or porpoising 80

Laxey to Douglas

Shane Stigant

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 3, 2024 15:00 1 Swimming 5 Point of Ayre Anon
August 1, 2024 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 6 miles off Ramsey Orry Corlett
May 31, 2024 14:30 1 Suspected feeding 15 Peel Castle Keith H
May 22, 2024 12:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 3 kms off Scarlett Tom
May 21, 2024 14:10 1 1 Swimming 10 Peel
May 20, 2024 18:20 1 1 Suspected feeding 80 Laxey bay Shane Stigant, Peta Rooney
May 18, 2024 14:30 1 Suspected feeding 15 Marine drive, Toll gate Andy Garrett
May 15, 2024 20:20 1 Suspected feeding 5 1/4 mile off Niarbyl Adam
May 14, 2024 11:50 1 Suspected feeding 10 3 miles NW of Peel Marshall Thompson
May 11, 2024 13:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 30 Derbyhaven Tim Collister
August 19, 2023 14:00 1 1 Swimming 5 Ayres Nature Reserve Gayle Johnson
June 4, 2023 23:00 3 3 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles West of Peel Finn and Joe Traynor
May 31, 2023 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 200 Elby Point, North of Niarbyl Adam, Tom, Lee
May 29, 2023 13:20 1 1 Swimming 20 Bradda head Jo and Richard Lewy
May 29, 2023 08:10 1 1 Swimming 10 Point of Ayre Andy Dyke