Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
April 25, 2026 16:00 Harbour porpoise 1 Normal swimming 3

Laxey Bay MNR, NE of Baldrine

David Bellamy
April 25, 2026 18:24 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 1

Laxey bay, 1km off Ballacanell

David Bellamy
April 25, 2026 18:45 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Laxey bay, 1.5km off Laxey beach

David Bellamy
April 24, 2026 18:30 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 60

Port Erin

Manuela
April 23, 2026 19:40 Bottlenose dolphin 6 0 Normal swimming 4

Peel castle.

Laura Cain and Ryan Neild
April 23, 2026 10:00 Bottlenose dolphin 5 0 Boat interaction (not riding bow) 10

Port Soderick

Irish Tom
April 21, 2026 18:00 Common dolphin 10 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Marine drive

Manuela Swiatek
April 20, 2026 06:20 Risso’s dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 10

Douglas head

Manuela Swiatek
April 20, 2026 16:50 Common dolphin 9 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Off Douglas harbour

Manuela Swiatek
April 20, 2026 07:25 Risso’s dolphin 5 0 Not recorded 40

Marine Drive

Manuela Swiatek
April 19, 2026 12:30 Moonlight and Starlight 4 0 Normal swimming 10

(Moonlight and Starlight, in close proxity to two other dolphins)- Marine drive (just past road closure)

Bill Henderson
April 17, 2026 13:30 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Leaping 30

Port Erin

Loraine
April 14, 2026 10:45 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Not recorded 20

Peel bay

Matt
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

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
April 29, 2022 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 15 Eary Cushlin Nicola