Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
March 22, 2025 12:30 Risso’s dolphin 10 0 Normal swimming 10

Marine Drive, Little Ness end

Manuela
March 16, 2025 13:30 Risso’s dolphin 2 Boat interaction (not riding bow) 2

Marine drive-Little Ness

Peter Quirk, Pawel G
March 16, 2025 10:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Interacting with swimmers 10

Port Erin bay

Carole Laporte
March 15, 2025 14:00 Risso’s dolphin 9 Fast swim or porpoising 120

Calf of Man to Fleshwick and back again

Hannah, Jimmy, Dave, Rob, Jay, Sue etc
March 15, 2025 15:00 Unidentified small cetacean 6 0 Normal swimming 3

Langness peninsula

Andi Carran
March 15, 2025 12:30 Harbour porpoise 2 1 Normal swimming 20

Gibdale, Calf of Man

Robert Fisher
March 15, 2025 12:40 Harbour porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

8 miles NW of the Isle of Man

Derek Crawley
March 15, 2025 11:00 Common dolphin 30 10 Normal swimming 140

2miles off Port Erin

Taylor Bridgens, Buster Nixon Mike Tide
March 14, 2025 16:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Peel breakwater

Jakub Hewer
March 13, 2025 07:00 Risso’s dolphin 1 0 Not recorded 1

Bradda head

Manuela
March 11, 2025 14:00 Unidentified small cetacean 10 0 Normal swimming 15

1km NE of Clay Head

Shane Stigant
March 11, 2025 15:00 Bottlenose dolphin 20 0 Normal swimming 80

Marine Drive

Carol Woodall, Sue & Bill
March 8, 2025 11:45 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Laxey Bay Marine Nature Reserve

David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
March 3, 2025 16:00 Common dolphin 6 0 Bow riding 20

1.5 miles East of Laxey

Tom Morgan (Barrule)
March 2, 2025 08:15 Common dolphin 10 0 Feeding or foraging 20

1 km off Laxey beach

Shane Stigant

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 27, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles west of Peel Max Crookall
June 23, 2022 16:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 1 Half a mile north of Calf Sound Malcolm Stewart
June 22, 2022 18:15 1 2 Suspected feeding 20 Herring tower Langness Richard and Janice Cooil
June 22, 2022 19:20 1 Suspected feeding 2 6km SW of Chicken Rock David Bellamy & others
June 21, 2022 19:15 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Port Wallberry, Marine Drive Manx Ornithological Society Marine Drive walk
June 21, 2022 17:15 1 Suspected feeding 25 350m off Glen Wyllin Ian Young
June 18, 2022 11:00 1 Swimming 15 Marine Drive Craig Whalley
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