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
June 15, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 20 West of Calf of Man Quentin De Backer
June 15, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 5 Port Erin bay Not recorded
June 15, 2022 12:10 3 Tight circling 20 6 miles south Sugar loaf Kirrie jenkins, Doug Patrick
June 15, 2022 11:05 1 Suspected feeding 35 Douglas head Ian Wilcock
June 14, 2022 21:30 2 Suspected feeding 35 Marine drive Port Soderick end Kevin Sharpe
June 13, 2022 19:55 1 Tight circling 15 Fort Island David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
June 12, 2022 10:40 1 Suspected feeding 120 Peel headlands-breakwater John Baker, Alastair Sutherland, Jon Corlett, Elli Gawne, Julie Howarth
June 11, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 160 Gansey bay Tim, Richard Corlett
June 9, 2022 10:57 1 Suspected feeding 10 Jurby Lizzie Coote
June 7, 2022 18:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Marine drive MWDW
June 6, 2022 16:40 1 Swimming 5 5m off Port Erin Faye Devlin
June 3, 2022 11:05 1 Swimming 1 Half a mile west of Spanish Head Malcolm Stewart
June 2, 2022 15:20 1 Swimming 1 Off Jurby head Malcolm Stewart
May 29, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 East of the Sound MWDW
May 26, 2022 13:40 1 Swimming 15 Peel Castle Eric Holmes, Oliver & Sarah Middleton