Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
April 7, 2018 12:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Langness

Kath Giles
April 7, 2018 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 20 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Calf Lighthouses

Calf wardens
April 6, 2018 13:00 Harbour Porpoise 25 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Calf Lighthouses

Calf Wardens
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

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
September 22, 2026 18:30 1 1 10 Fenella Keiron and Charlotte
September 21, 2026 16:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Port Erin Bay Jacqueline Yates
September 20, 2026 16:30 1 1 Swimming 5 Baystacka Tom boat trips isle of man
September 13, 2026 08:25 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Between Port Erin and Fleshwick Bay Christa Morris
September 4, 2026 16:00 0 1 0 1 Swimming 15 Point of Ayre, Ballaghennie Kathryn Sheard
August 16, 2026 12:50 1 1 Tight circling 15 Approx 0.5 mile South of Fenella Beach Not recorded
August 16, 2026 19:15 1 1 Suspected feeding 15 Just off Peel breakwater Harriet Benjamin
August 15, 2026 11:30 2 2 Suspected feeding 50 Off Peel headland Richard, Janice and Mel Cooil
August 11, 2026 10:30 1 1 Breaching 35 100m off Peel Hill Ava & Ian Judd, Jo Stainthorop
August 9, 2026 15:35 1 1 Suspected feeding 15 Port Erin bay (adjacent to lifeboat station) Gordon Crowe
August 9, 2026 13:55 1 1 Breaching 5 South Harbour, Calf of Man Sam Bowers
August 9, 2026 10:50 1 0 1 Suspected feeding 8 Peel hill Jo Stainthorp
August 8, 2026 12:55 1 1 Suspected feeding 25 Just south of Peel Castle Jan Ozyer
August 7, 2026 16:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 30 Just off breakwater in Port Erin. Siobhan Meredith
August 6, 2026 11:40 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Off Port Erin breakwater Siobhan Meredith