Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 8, 2025 | 19:00 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Point of Ayre |
John Barker |
| April 4, 2025 | 15:00 | Minke whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Niarbyl |
Chris Watterson |
| April 4, 2025 | 13:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Peel breakwater |
Max Crookall |
| April 1, 2025 | 17:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 190 |
Peel harbour, less than 50 metres off the beach |
Julia Agnew, Matt Dean, MWDW, Chris Swingler |
| April 1, 2025 | 11:00 | Common dolphin | 50 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 20 |
2 miles off Contrary head |
Max Crookall |
| March 31, 2025 | 07:45 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Leaping | 300 |
Port Erin bay to Peel castle |
Chloe Parlor, Max Crookall |
| March 29, 2025 | 09:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Peel, near harbour bridge |
Christ DeHaven |
| March 28, 2025 | 14:00 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Douglas bay |
Not recorded |
| March 26, 2025 | 11:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 5 |
Inside Peel breakwater, just near the harbour bridge |
Peel breakwater kiosk |
| March 24, 2025 | 10:40 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
Marine drive |
Pawel G |
| March 22, 2025 | 12:30 | Risso’s dolphin | 10 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Marine Drive, Little Ness end |
Manuela |
| March 16, 2025 | 13:30 | Risso’s dolphin | 2 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 2 |
Marine drive-Little Ness |
Peter Quirk, Pawel G | |
| March 16, 2025 | 10:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Interacting with swimmers | 10 |
Port Erin bay |
Carole Laporte |
| March 15, 2025 | 14:00 | Risso’s dolphin | 9 | Fast swim or porpoising | 120 |
Calf of Man to Fleshwick and back again |
Hannah, Jimmy, Dave, Rob, Jay, Sue etc | |
| March 15, 2025 | 15:00 | Unidentified small cetacean | 6 | 0 | Normal swimming | 3 |
Langness peninsula |
Andi Carran |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 5, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 180 | Peel breakwater | Colin Lawrenson, Alistair Sutherland and other | ||
| July 4, 2022 | 12:00 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 200 | Peel breakwater to the headlands | Andi young, Neil Westwood, The Mitchell family | |||
| July 3, 2022 | 14:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Glen Maye – Peel Hill | David R | |||
| July 3, 2022 | 15:55 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 150-200m off Peel Castle | Mike Davies | |||
| June 30, 2022 | 13:50 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Scarlett | Virginia Keig | ||
| June 30, 2022 | 16:24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Swimming | 2 | North coast of the Calf of Man | Tom Morgan and Gemma Scotts | |
| June 27, 2022 | 12:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 3 miles west of Peel | Max Crookall | |||
| June 23, 2022 | 16:45 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 1 | Half a mile north of Calf Sound | Malcolm Stewart | ||
| June 22, 2022 | 18:15 | 1 | 2 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Herring tower Langness | Richard and Janice Cooil | ||
| June 22, 2022 | 19:20 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 2 | 6km SW of Chicken Rock | David Bellamy & others | |||
| June 21, 2022 | 19:15 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Port Wallberry, Marine Drive | Manx Ornithological Society Marine Drive walk | ||
| June 21, 2022 | 17:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 25 | 350m off Glen Wyllin | Ian Young | |||
| June 18, 2022 | 11:00 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Marine Drive | Craig Whalley | |||
| June 16, 2022 | 12:10 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Douglas head | Ian Wilcock | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 13:45 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Soderick | Jordan Palfreman |