Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 28, 2025 | 19:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Leaping | 15 |
Approx 100m off the Peel castle (on the breakwater side). |
Leonie Cannan |
| July 27, 2025 | 12:15 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Peel castle near the harbour wall/ cafe, along by the harbour wall, end of harbour wall and into the harbour bay |
Helen Percival | |
| July 27, 2025 | 14:45 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
East of the Sound |
MWDW |
| July 26, 2025 | 20:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Peel bay |
Tom Felce |
| July 23, 2025 | 09:45 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 360 |
Peel bay, virtually all day |
Erin Holroyd, John Barker |
| July 21, 2025 | 16:40 | Minke whale | 1 | 1 | Not recorded | 15 |
Castletown – due south |
Kevin Pursall |
| July 20, 2025 | 19:00 | Common dolphin | 25 | 5 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Port Erin, just outside the bay |
Dave & Stephanie |
| July 19, 2025 | 21:20 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | Bow riding | 10 |
Peel breakwater, riding the bow of the Manxman |
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| July 17, 2025 | 08:20 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Douglas harbour |
Jason Taylor |
| July 16, 2025 | 21:40 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Peel bay |
Máire Kay |
| July 14, 2025 | 16:10 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Ramsey bay |
Alistair Sutherland |
| July 13, 2025 | 15:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Throwing fish | 10 |
Port e Vullen |
Di Swayne |
| July 12, 2025 | 15:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Not recorded | 1 |
Whitestrand beach |
Emily & David Clegg |
| July 12, 2025 | 14:00 | Common dolphin | 30 | 10 | Bow riding | 20 |
Dalby point |
Casey J Fishing Charters |
| July 12, 2025 | 12:30 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Drinking Dragon |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| May 29, 2022 | 12:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | East of the Sound | MWDW | |||
| May 26, 2022 | 13:40 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Peel Castle | Eric Holmes, Oliver & Sarah Middleton | |||
| May 24, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Swimming | 30 | Port Erin bay | Elizabeth Lawton | |||
| 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 |