Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
December 28, 2024 08:45 Bottlenose dolphin 50 0 Fast swim or porpoising 80

Laxey to Douglas

Shane Stigant
December 28, 2024 13:00 Bottlenose dolphin 10 Normal swimming 15

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
December 27, 2024 09:15 Bottlenose dolphin 40 0 Feeding or foraging 30

2 to 3 miles off Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
December 25, 2024 13:30 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 2

Off Peel Castle rocks.

Allen Moore
December 20, 2024 16:00 Bottlenose dolphin 10 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
December 18, 2024 15:50 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 10

50m off Ramsey north beach

Andy McKnight
December 11, 2024 09:15 Bottlenose dolphin 13 2 Feeding or foraging 15

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
December 8, 2024 13:10 Bottlenose dolphin 10 0 Feeding or foraging 15

3 miles off Laxey

Shane Stigant
December 6, 2024 09:00 Bottlenose dolphin 23 2 Feeding or foraging 90

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
December 4, 2024 14:30 Minke whale 1 0 Not recorded 5

Near Point of Ayre

Carol Callow
December 3, 2024 14:00 Bottlenose dolphin 8 4 Leaping 10

Laxey bay

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
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