Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| May 1, 2025 | 12:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Laxey bay |
Rosemarie |
| May 1, 2025 | 17:12 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Marine Drive |
MWDW |
| April 30, 2025 | 12:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Cornaa Bay |
T Young |
| April 30, 2025 | 18:06 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 2 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Santon Head |
Peter Quirk |
| April 30, 2025 | 18:35 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 2 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Santon Head |
Peter Quirk |
| April 30, 2025 | 10:30 | Common dolphin | 12 | 0 | Bow riding | 10 |
7mi off Bradda Head |
Dermot Shimmin |
| April 30, 2025 | 10:30 | Unidentified small cetacean | 9 | 0 | Normal swimming | 20 |
Douglas Head |
Dawn Alexandria |
| April 29, 2025 | 15:15 | Risso’s dolphin | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Turkeylands |
Mark Raine |
| April 29, 2025 | 05:55 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Peel Bay |
Janice McQuarrie |
| April 29, 2025 | 18:00 | Risso’s dolphin | 7 | 2 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Marine Drive |
Sophie Costain |
| April 29, 2025 | 15:35 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Turkeylands |
Mark Raine |
| April 27, 2025 | 14:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Blowing | 20 |
Port Erin Bay |
Caroline Tebbs, James Woolnough |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 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 |