Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
March 15, 2025 12:30 Harbour porpoise 2 1 Normal swimming 20

Gibdale, Calf of Man

Robert Fisher
March 15, 2025 12:40 Harbour porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

8 miles NW of the Isle of Man

Derek Crawley
March 15, 2025 11:00 Common dolphin 30 10 Normal swimming 140

2miles off Port Erin

Taylor Bridgens, Buster Nixon Mike Tide
March 14, 2025 16:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Peel breakwater

Jakub Hewer
March 13, 2025 07:00 Risso’s dolphin 1 0 Not recorded 1

Bradda head

Manuela
March 11, 2025 14:00 Unidentified small cetacean 10 0 Normal swimming 15

1km NE of Clay Head

Shane Stigant
March 11, 2025 15:00 Bottlenose dolphin 20 0 Normal swimming 80

Marine Drive

Carol Woodall, Sue & Bill
March 8, 2025 11:45 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Laxey Bay Marine Nature Reserve

David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
March 3, 2025 16:00 Common dolphin 6 0 Bow riding 20

1.5 miles East of Laxey

Tom Morgan (Barrule)
March 2, 2025 08:15 Common dolphin 10 0 Feeding or foraging 20

1 km off Laxey beach

Shane Stigant
March 1, 2025 08:30 Unidentified small cetacean 10 0 Normal swimming 10

0.5 km off Laxey head.

Shane Stigant
February 28, 2025 09:55 Common dolphin 3 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

2 km off Laxey, (just outside Laxey bay)

Shane Stigant
February 27, 2025 10:20 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Leaping 120

Castletown bay

Taylor Fields, Sue Coles and Malcolm Stewart
February 19, 2025 17:30 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Bow riding 5

Douglas bay, seen from the Manxman

Ava T
February 17, 2025 10:00 Common dolphin 12 3 Boat interaction (not riding bow) 10

6 miles off Peel

Not recorded

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 4, 2022 17:05 1 Suspected feeding 10 West of the Calf Stanley Conlon
August 3, 2022 15:30 1 Suspected feeding 10 Edge of Peel bay Chris Duff
August 3, 2022 20:15 1 Suspected feeding 30 Port Erin Dan James
August 3, 2022 15:00 1 Suspected feeding 30 Niarbyl Rosa
July 29, 2022 09:30 1 Swimming 5 3 miles East of Calf of Man STV Leader
July 28, 2022 20:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 1 mile off Peel Casey J
July 27, 2022 13:00 1 Tight circling 10 Gibdale Point Peter Kay
July 18, 2022 19:37 1 Suspected feeding 5 Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound Nina Shimmin
July 16, 2022 18:00 1 Suspected feeding 80 Port Erin undeleeb din, Elasmomann
July 14, 2022 07:30 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles off Contrary head Max Crookall
July 12, 2022 03:00 2 Swimming 120 Port Erin Bay Charles Leclerc
July 11, 2022 10:40 1 1 Suspected feeding 7 1nm SE of South Harbour, Calf of Man David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
July 10, 2022 21:20 1 Suspected feeding 6 Three and a half miles NW of Calf Sound Dermot Shimmin
July 5, 2022 09:00 1 3 Suspected feeding 120 1 km off White Strand & Gob-Y-Deigan Ian Judd
July 5, 2022 15:45 1 Swimming 15 Niarbyl Bay Georgina Franks, Lauren Slater