Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 13, 2024 | 14:30 | Humpback whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Cranstal (South of Point of Ayre) |
Jeremy Paul, Ryan Jones |
| January 12, 2024 | 10:40 | Common dolphin | 15 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
1 mile out of Port Erin |
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| January 8, 2024 | 09:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Bowling green end of Peel bay |
Chris Smith |
| January 7, 2024 | 13:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 7 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| January 5, 2024 | 11:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 6 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Edge of Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| January 4, 2024 | 14:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 10 | 5 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
off Laxey headland |
Shane Stigant |
| December 28, 2023 | 12:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 6 | 0 | Leaping | 10 |
South end of Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| December 26, 2023 | 11:15 | Bottlenose dolphin | 30 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 230 |
Laxey head to Marine drive tollgate |
Shane Stigant, Rowan, David, Lucy |
| December 25, 2023 | 09:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 15 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 240 |
Clay head and Groudle |
David, Rob, Shane and Matt Cory |
| December 20, 2023 | 13:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 12 | 0 | Leaping | 45 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| December 19, 2023 | 10:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 30 | 10 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| December 13, 2023 | 10:25 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Bow riding | 20 |
Maughold head |
Jiffy Bus |
| December 11, 2023 | 11:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 12 | 8 | Feeding or foraging | 150 |
1 km east of Laxey harbour |
Shane Stigant |
| December 2, 2023 | 12:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 15 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Off Laxey Bay |
David Bellamy & Robert Fisher |
| December 2, 2023 | 15:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Port Erin bay |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2023 | 08:10 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Point of Ayre | Andy Dyke | ||
| May 27, 2023 | 12:30 | 1 | Breaching | 1 | 12 miles west chicken rock | Fourwinns | |||
| May 27, 2023 | 16:25 | 1 | Breaching | 1 | South of sound 4 miles | Fourwinns | |||
| May 27, 2023 | 06:45 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 6 miles off Ballaugh | Max Crookall | ||
| May 19, 2023 | 10:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Rue Point | Casey J Fishing Charter | ||
| May 13, 2023 | 18:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Perwick bay | Jacky Hall | |||
| May 11, 2023 | 16:45 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 1 | Contrary Head | Paul Barlow | ||
| May 10, 2023 | 20:45 | 1 | Tight circling | 20 | Behind peel castle | Iva | |||
| May 9, 2023 | 12:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 15 miles East of Point of Ayre | Chris Hill | ||
| May 8, 2023 | 18:45 | 3 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 10 | White beach niarbyl | Matt Tyrer | ||
| May 8, 2023 | 20:20 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Peel breakwater | Will holden | ||
| May 7, 2023 | 12:00 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Point of Ayre | Liz Charter | |||
| May 6, 2023 | 11:10 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Port Erin bay | Kathleen | |||
| August 28, 2022 | 10:00 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 360 | Peel bay | Peter Bradley, Nia Clague and many others | |||
| August 25, 2022 | 11:00 | 0 | 1 | Tight circling | 300 | Niarbyl | Keira & Owen, Stewart Ward |