Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 16, 2025 18:38 Common dolphin 24 6 Fast swim or porpoising 45

10 miles off Bradda

Thomas Keggen (Boat Trips Isle of Man)
May 14, 2025 11:00 Risso’s dolphin 1 0 Fast swim or porpoising 1

2 miles NW off Calf Sound

Nina Shimmin
May 10, 2025 11:20 Risso’s dolphin 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Onchan

Jesús Garcia
May 9, 2025 11:25 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Peel headland

Richard Cooil
May 9, 2025 20:20 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 2

West of Sound car park

Sue Whittaker and Carol
May 9, 2025 18:30 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 150

Port Erin Bay

Aquabike Isle of Man, Siobhan Milnes
May 9, 2025 13:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 10

Peel, just outside the mouth of Fenella Bay

Steve Wright
May 7, 2025 07:50 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 40

Langness-Derbyhaven

Jessica Pentelow, David Oates, Emma Pugh
May 7, 2025 18:15 Risso’s dolphin 3 1 Leaping 30

Marine drive, Douglas.

Leon Crompton-Jones
May 7, 2025 11:00 Harbour porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

South Harbour, Calf of Man

David Bellamy
May 6, 2025 08:00 Harbour porpoise 3 Normal swimming 5

6 miles off Port St Mary

Martin Lambden
May 6, 2025 21:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Peel by the bowling green

Dave Corkish
May 5, 2025 12:55 Risso’s dolphin 1 0 Normal swimming 5

The Sound

MWDW
May 4, 2025 17:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Smeale

Chelsea Mccallum
May 3, 2025 12:00 Risso’s dolphin 3 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Marine drive

Adam T.S

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
July 5, 2022 15:00 1 1 Swimming 180 Peel breakwater Colin Lawrenson, Alistair Sutherland and other
July 4, 2022 12:00 3 Suspected feeding 200 Peel breakwater to the headlands Andi young, Neil Westwood, The Mitchell family
July 3, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Glen Maye – Peel Hill David R
July 3, 2022 15:55 1 Suspected feeding 10 150-200m off Peel Castle Mike Davies
June 30, 2022 13:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 15 Scarlett Virginia Keig
June 30, 2022 16:24 0 0 1 Swimming 2 North coast of the Calf of Man Tom Morgan and Gemma Scotts
June 27, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles west of Peel Max Crookall
June 23, 2022 16:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 1 Half a mile north of Calf Sound Malcolm Stewart
June 22, 2022 18:15 1 2 Suspected feeding 20 Herring tower Langness Richard and Janice Cooil
June 22, 2022 19:20 1 Suspected feeding 2 6km SW of Chicken Rock David Bellamy & others
June 21, 2022 19:15 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Port Wallberry, Marine Drive Manx Ornithological Society Marine Drive walk