Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
December 28, 2024 13:00 Bottlenose dolphin 10 Normal swimming 15

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
December 27, 2024 09:15 Bottlenose dolphin 40 0 Feeding or foraging 30

2 to 3 miles off Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
December 25, 2024 13:30 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 2

Off Peel Castle rocks.

Allen Moore
December 20, 2024 16:00 Bottlenose dolphin 10 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
December 18, 2024 15:50 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 10

50m off Ramsey north beach

Andy McKnight
December 11, 2024 09:15 Bottlenose dolphin 13 2 Feeding or foraging 15

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
December 8, 2024 13:10 Bottlenose dolphin 10 0 Feeding or foraging 15

3 miles off Laxey

Shane Stigant
December 6, 2024 09:00 Bottlenose dolphin 23 2 Feeding or foraging 90

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
December 4, 2024 14:30 Minke whale 1 0 Not recorded 5

Near Point of Ayre

Carol Callow
December 3, 2024 14:00 Bottlenose dolphin 8 4 Leaping 10

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
December 3, 2024 05:00 Common dolphin 10 0 Feeding or foraging 10

3 miles off Peel

Alex Bullock
December 2, 2024 12:00 Bottlenose dolphin 25 5 Normal swimming 60

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant, Louise & Stephen
November 26, 2024 13:30 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 150

Peel bay

Many
November 22, 2024 10:30 Bottlenose dolphin 10 0 Normal swimming 10

Laxey bay

David Cooper
November 19, 2024 09:00 Common dolphin 10 0 Boat interaction (not riding bow) 10

3 miles off Port Erin

Olly Kermeen

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 3, 2024 15:00 1 Swimming 5 Point of Ayre Anon
August 1, 2024 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 6 miles off Ramsey Orry Corlett
May 31, 2024 14:30 1 Suspected feeding 15 Peel Castle Keith H
May 22, 2024 12:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 3 kms off Scarlett Tom
May 21, 2024 14:10 1 1 Swimming 10 Peel
May 20, 2024 18:20 1 1 Suspected feeding 80 Laxey bay Shane Stigant, Peta Rooney
May 18, 2024 14:30 1 Suspected feeding 15 Marine drive, Toll gate Andy Garrett
May 15, 2024 20:20 1 Suspected feeding 5 1/4 mile off Niarbyl Adam
May 14, 2024 11:50 1 Suspected feeding 10 3 miles NW of Peel Marshall Thompson
May 11, 2024 13:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 30 Derbyhaven Tim Collister
August 19, 2023 14:00 1 1 Swimming 5 Ayres Nature Reserve Gayle Johnson
June 4, 2023 23:00 3 3 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles West of Peel Finn and Joe Traynor
May 31, 2023 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 200 Elby Point, North of Niarbyl Adam, Tom, Lee
May 29, 2023 13:20 1 1 Swimming 20 Bradda head Jo and Richard Lewy
May 29, 2023 08:10 1 1 Swimming 10 Point of Ayre Andy Dyke