Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 23, 2026 | 09:20 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Halfway between Peel Breakwater and Glen Wyllin (Kirk Michael) |
Steve Wright |
| June 23, 2026 | 20:35 | Harbour porpoise | 3 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Niarbyl |
Martyn |
| June 23, 2026 | 14:00 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 60 |
500m West of Bradda Head |
Aquabike Isle of Man |
| June 23, 2026 | 11:30 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
500 metres South off Langness point (lighthouse) |
Peter |
| June 22, 2026 | 09:50 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Ramsey Bay |
Susan King |
| June 21, 2026 | 07:40 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Outside of Perwick Bay, Port St Mary |
Manuela |
| June 21, 2026 | 10:00 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Outside of Aldrick, near the Chasms |
Manuela |
| June 21, 2026 | 14:25 | Risso’s dolphin | 4 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
SW of the Calf of Man |
Sheila Norris |
| June 21, 2026 | 20:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Peel breakwater |
Not recorded |
| June 21, 2026 | 20:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 90 |
Peel breakwater |
Dave Corkish |
| June 21, 2026 | 11:30 | Ocean sunfish | 1 | 0 | Logging on surface | 5 |
500 metres from Fleshwick |
Casey J boat trips |
| June 20, 2026 | 09:35 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
South of the Chasms |
David Bellamy, Robert Fisher, Steve Clague & passengers on “Scraayl” |
| June 18, 2026 | 07:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Peel Castle |
Anne Holmes |
| June 18, 2026 | 20:45 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 2 |
Port Erin Bay-spotted from land near RNLI lifeboat station |
Aquabike Isle Of Man |
| June 16, 2026 | 12:00 | Risso’s dolphin | 11 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
0.5 miles off Glen Maye |
Ben Hellowell |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 12, 2022 | 03:00 | 2 | Swimming | 120 | Port Erin Bay | Charles Leclerc | |||
| July 11, 2022 | 10:40 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 7 | 1nm SE of South Harbour, Calf of Man | David Bellamy & Robert Fisher | ||
| July 10, 2022 | 21:20 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 6 | Three and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Dermot Shimmin | |||
| July 5, 2022 | 09:00 | 1 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 120 | 1 km off White Strand & Gob-Y-Deigan | Ian Judd | ||
| July 5, 2022 | 15:45 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Niarbyl Bay | Georgina Franks, Lauren Slater | |||
| July 5, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 180 | Peel breakwater | Colin Lawrenson, Alistair Sutherland and other | ||
| July 4, 2022 | 12:00 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 200 | Peel breakwater to the headlands | Andi young, Neil Westwood, The Mitchell family | |||
| July 3, 2022 | 14:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Glen Maye – Peel Hill | David R | |||
| July 3, 2022 | 15:55 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 150-200m off Peel Castle | Mike Davies | |||
| June 30, 2022 | 13:50 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Scarlett | Virginia Keig | ||
| June 30, 2022 | 16:24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Swimming | 2 | North coast of the Calf of Man | Tom Morgan and Gemma Scotts | |
| 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 |