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
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