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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2026 | 18:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 45 | Bradda Head | David Sutton | ||
| July 30, 2026 | 18:00 | 0 | 1 | 120 | Fenella beach to breakwater | Lynn Chambers, Kelly, Sarah Morrison, Rex Harding | |||
| July 30, 2026 | 12:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 140 | Cove from Sound to Port Erin (Clet Aldrick) | Jane Rushworth, Gillian Doyle, Sheila Norris, Laura Stewart | ||
| July 30, 2026 | 14:20 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 20 | Between Port Erin and the Sound | Jane Rushworth | ||
| July 29, 2026 | 12:00 | 2 | 2 | Suspected feeding | 30 | North of Whitestrand | Jane Young | ||
| July 29, 2026 | 15:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | South side of Calf about 600m offshore | Jan Gledhill | ||
| July 28, 2026 | 07:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 160 | Below Bradda Head. Port Erin | Andy Craine, Andy Karran, Christine Price | ||
| July 28, 2026 | 11:15 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | 5 miles off Whitestrand | Vanquish | ||
| July 27, 2026 | 13:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 240 | Off Bradda Head | Anne Connell, Abigail | ||
| July 27, 2026 | 18:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Behind Peel Castle | Paul Marriott | ||
| July 19, 2026 | 09:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 1 | Bradda head | Iain quine | ||
| July 16, 2026 | 11:00 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | South of Perwick bay | Irene Thomasson | ||
| July 9, 2026 | 18:30 | 2 | 2 | 20 | Whitestrand, north of Peel | Harry | |||
| July 9, 2026 | 16:30 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | Parellel swimming | 180 | 1km off Glen Mooar | FHA photography, Harry Gell |
| July 9, 2026 | 17:00 | 5 | 5 | Swimming | 90 | Between Kirk Michael & Orrisdale | Ian & Dylan Judd |