Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 15, 2025 16:44 Moonlight and Starlight 2 Bow riding 20

Garwick beach

Nick Sheard
August 14, 2025 14:30 Harbour porpoise 5 Boat interaction (not riding bow) 10

Scarlett point

Ian Astill
August 14, 2025 21:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Peel bay

Jenny and Alan Porter
August 13, 2025 13:00 Bottlenose dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 5

1 km offshore directly west from The Nay off Bradda.

Thomas Keggin
August 13, 2025 13:15 Bottlenose dolphin 2 Normal swimming 5

1 km directly west off The Nay on Bradda

Thomas Keggin
August 12, 2025 16:08 Common dolphin 10 0 Fast swim or porpoising 20

Peel castle

Anastasiia
August 12, 2025 18:30 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

1km east of South Harbour, Calf of Man

David Bellamy, Robert Fisher, Lara Howe, Steve Clague & passengers
August 12, 2025 20:05 Harbour porpoise 2 Normal swimming 15

1km south of the Burroo, Calf of Man

David Bellamy, Robert Fisher, Lara Howe, Steve Clague & passengers on “Scraayl”
August 12, 2025 20:30 Harbour porpoise 3 Feeding or foraging 5

1.25km south of Kallow Point, Port St Mary

David Bellamy, Robert Fisher, Lara Howe, Steve Clague & passengers on “Scraayl”
August 12, 2025 12:30 Common dolphin 20 10 Bow riding 10

3 miles off Niarbyl

Max Crookall
August 12, 2025 21:00 Common dolphin 10 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Peel breakwater

Jenny and Alan Porter
August 11, 2025 12:00 Common dolphin 12 0 Bow riding 15

3 miles north of Peel bay.

August 11, 2025 18:05 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Boat interaction (not riding bow) 4

Peel breakwater

Caroline McGillion
August 11, 2025 15:45 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 10

MWT Cronk y Bing Nature Reserve

David Bellamy & Carmel Croukamp
August 11, 2025 16:00 Common dolphin 20 0 Fast swim or porpoising 30

Off Fleshwick

Steven Colquitt

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
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