Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
November 26, 2015 09:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 10 0 Not recorded 120

Cornaa-Laxey

Unknown

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 16, 2026 12:50 1 1 Tight circling 15 Approx 0.5 mile South of Fenella Beach Not recorded
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 6, 2026 11:40 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Off Port Erin breakwater Siobhan Meredith
August 6, 2026 16:00 1 0 2 Suspected feeding 500 Port Erin Jo Lewy, Aquabike IOM, Geoff Clarker & others
August 6, 2026 18:00 3 3 Suspected feeding 30 Off Fleshwick Matthew Ripley
August 5, 2026 15:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 East of the Sound Marcus Perrin
August 2, 2026 15:29 1 1 Swimming 10 Port St Mary harbour Thomas boat trips isle of man
August 2, 2026 10:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 1km offshore from Cronk ny Arrey Laa John Barker
August 2, 2026 08:25 1 1 Suspected feeding 15 Niarbyl Jennie Campbell
August 2, 2026 15:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 40 Santon gorge Rachel Berry, Tina Teare