Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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| December 1, 2023 | 11:00 | Common Dolphin | 80 | 20 | Fast swim or porpoising | 40 |
4 miles off Peel |
Fishermen |
| November 25, 2023 | 11:30 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 25 | 5 | Fast swim or porpoising | 120 |
Groudle-Marine Drive |
Paul Penrose, Victoria McGoldrick |
| November 25, 2023 | 09:00 | Tuna | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
East coast |
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| November 25, 2023 | 08:45 | Minke Whale | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| November 25, 2023 | 14:40 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Bow riding | 50 |
Peel bay |
MWDW |
| November 22, 2023 | 11:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 11 | 1 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Peel breakwater |
Brian Kelly |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 16, 2022 | 12:10 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Douglas head | Ian Wilcock | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 13:45 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Soderick | Jordan Palfreman | ||||
| June 15, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | West of Calf of Man | Quentin De Backer | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Port Erin bay | Not recorded | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 12:10 | 3 | Tight circling | 20 | 6 miles south Sugar loaf | Kirrie jenkins, Doug Patrick | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 11:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 35 | Douglas head | Ian Wilcock | |||
| June 14, 2022 | 21:30 | 2 | Suspected feeding | 35 | Marine drive Port Soderick end | Kevin Sharpe | |||
| June 13, 2022 | 19:55 | 1 | Tight circling | 15 | Fort Island | David Bellamy & Robert Fisher | |||
| June 12, 2022 | 10:40 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | Peel headlands-breakwater | John Baker, Alastair Sutherland, Jon Corlett, Elli Gawne, Julie Howarth | |||
| June 11, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 160 | Gansey bay | Tim, Richard Corlett | |||
| June 9, 2022 | 10:57 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Jurby | Lizzie Coote | |||
| June 7, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Marine drive | MWDW | |||
| June 6, 2022 | 16:40 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 5m off Port Erin | Faye Devlin | |||
| June 3, 2022 | 11:05 | 1 | Swimming | 1 | Half a mile west of Spanish Head | Malcolm Stewart | |||
| June 2, 2022 | 15:20 | 1 | Swimming | 1 | Off Jurby head | Malcolm Stewart |