Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
April 14, 2026 11:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 10

Peel Breakwater

Paul Sperring
April 13, 2026 20:30 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Blue Point

Sarah Quine
April 13, 2026 15:45 Common dolphin 15 0 Bow riding 15

3 miles west of Port Erin

Not recorded
April 11, 2026 11:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Port Erin bay

Jeremy Paul
April 8, 2026 11:00 Risso’s dolphin 6 0 Normal swimming 90

Groudle-Douglas-Groudle

Craig whalley, Greg Cherry
April 8, 2026 07:30 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Warts bank

Martin Lambden
April 8, 2026 13:30 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 10

3/4 mile SE of Perwick

Martin Lambden
April 6, 2026 17:20 Moonlight and Starlight 2 Leaping 55

Port Erin bay

Chloe Gelling
April 6, 2026 08:45 Risso’s dolphin 5 0 Normal swimming 25

Marine drive

Manuela Swiatek
April 5, 2026 10:00 Risso’s dolphin 3 0 Not recorded 40

Marine Drive

Manuela Swiatek
April 4, 2026 09:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Port Erin bay

Max
April 4, 2026 09:50 Risso’s dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 10

Marine drive

Manuela Swiatek
April 3, 2026 11:40 Common dolphin 1 0 Normal swimming 10

Middle of Peel harbour

Christian Scharen
April 3, 2026 16:15 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Port Erin bay

Chloe
April 2, 2026 09:50 Bottlenose dolphin 5 0 Normal swimming 15

Heading out of Ramsey Bay

S. Morton

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 20, 2022 11:00 1 Parellel swimming 10 Peel Castle Jonathan Reilly
August 15, 2022 18:35 1 Swimming 5 Back of the Calf Joshua and Jake, Paul, Tanya and others on Shona boat
August 14, 2022 13:50 1 Suspected feeding 120 West of the Sound MWDW
August 13, 2022 19:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Langness Laura Elizabeth
August 11, 2022 19:25 1 Suspected feeding 10 Warts Bank, Calf of Man Gemini
August 10, 2022 16:00 1 Suspected feeding 30 Orrisdale head Katie Robertson
August 10, 2022 19:40 1 Suspected feeding 20 Port Erin-Sound John Rimmer
August 9, 2022 17:25 1 Suspected feeding 3 Between Jurby and the Cronk Andrea & Robert
August 9, 2022 18:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Off Orrisdale Head Andrea & Robert
August 7, 2022 16:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Ballaghennie, Point of Ayre Combine
August 4, 2022 11:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf Stephen Cowley
August 4, 2022 16:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Between Port Erin and the Sound Phil M
August 4, 2022 21:25 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin Bay Andy Karran
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