Recent cetacean sightings
Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
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January 17, 2025 | 09:30 | Bottlenose dolphin | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
1km off Laxey |
Shane Stigant |
January 16, 2025 | 11:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Douglas bay |
Jane Steele |
January 15, 2025 | 11:45 | Bottlenose dolphin | 80 | 20 | Normal swimming | 60 |
Marine drive |
Pawel G, Dave Horisk |
January 13, 2025 | 11:35 | Bottlenose dolphin | 9 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Clay head |
Ron Guest |
January 10, 2025 | 15:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 4 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 20 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
January 9, 2025 | 14:30 | Bottlenose dolphin | 4 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 30 |
Outside Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
January 8, 2025 | 15:50 | Bottlenose dolphin | 27 | 3 | Feeding or foraging | 45 |
1 km off Laxey |
Shane Stigant |
January 8, 2025 | 15:40 | Unidentified small cetacean | 2 | Normal swimming | 2 |
2 miles south of Spanish Head |
Malcolm Stewart | |
January 8, 2025 | 10:50 | Bottlenose dolphin | 10 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Laxey bay |
David Cooper |
January 8, 2025 | 11:15 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Perwick bay |
Martin Lambden |
January 6, 2025 | 12:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 10 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Marine drive |
Pawel G |
January 6, 2025 | 13:30 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Gibdale point |
Calf wardens |
January 5, 2025 | 10:30 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Gibdale point |
Calf wardens |
January 5, 2025 | 16:30 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Gibdale point |
Calf wardens |
January 4, 2025 | 15:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Leaping | 30 |
Peel Bay |
Nikki Fowden, Caroline McGillion |
Recent basking shark sightings
Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
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May 14, 2022 | 17:50 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | The Chasms | Alessia | ||
May 7, 2022 | 14:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 45 | 300m east of the Calf of Man | Caroline & Phil Roriston and David | |||
May 3, 2022 | 14:45 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Port Erin | ||||
May 1, 2022 | 12:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Dalby | Richard Marks | |||
April 29, 2022 | 17:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Eary Cushlin | Nicola |