Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 17, 2024 | 10:30 | Bottlenose dolphin | 13 | 2 | Leaping | 30 |
Laxey head |
Shane Stigant |
| 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 |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| August 24, 2022 | 08:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 240 | Peel Breakwater | John Hills, Max Crookall | |||
| August 21, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | Port Erin | Debbie McGregor | |||
| 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 |