Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| January 4, 2025 | 08:50 | Bottlenose dolphin | 35 | 5 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Port St Mary |
Helen Crosbie |
| January 3, 2025 | 11:45 | Bottlenose dolphin | 50 | 0 | Normal swimming | 30 |
2-3 miles off Laxey |
Shane Stigant |
| January 2, 2025 | 09:40 | Bottlenose dolphin | 15 | 5 | Fast swim or porpoising | 15 |
2 miles off Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| January 1, 2025 | 14:20 | Bottlenose dolphin | 3 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
Cornaa |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 4, 2022 | 17:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | West of the Calf | Stanley Conlon | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Edge of Peel bay | Chris Duff | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 20:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Erin | Dan James | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Niarbyl | Rosa | |||
| July 29, 2022 | 09:30 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 3 miles East of Calf of Man | STV Leader | |||
| July 28, 2022 | 20:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 1 mile off Peel | Casey J | ||
| July 27, 2022 | 13:00 | 1 | Tight circling | 10 | Gibdale Point | Peter Kay | |||
| July 18, 2022 | 19:37 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Nina Shimmin | |||
| July 16, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 80 | Port Erin | undeleeb din, Elasmomann | |||
| July 14, 2022 | 07:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 3 miles off Contrary head | Max Crookall | |||
| 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 |