Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 10, 2025 | 08:45 | Minke whale | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Viewed from the Manxman when leaving Douglas |
Danny |
| October 10, 2025 | 18:15 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Peel bay |
Sophie |
| October 9, 2025 | 12:30 | Bottlenose dolphin | 18 | 2 | Bow riding | 80 |
Bulgham bay to Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant, Sue, Carol, Bill and Mike Kelly |
| October 9, 2025 | 13:10 | Bottlenose dolphin | 30 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Middle of Laxey bay |
MWDW |
| October 8, 2025 | 17:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 25 | 5 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Laxey bay |
MWDW (Jen) |
| October 6, 2025 | 09:15 | Bottlenose dolphin | 18 | 2 | Leaping | 75 |
Laxey bay, 500m to 1km from shore |
Shane Stigant |
| October 1, 2025 | 18:15 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 3 |
Port Erin bay |
Anna |
| September 29, 2025 | 16:20 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Ramsey bay |
Keren |
| September 28, 2025 | 09:40 | Common dolphin | 16 | 4 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
Scarlett, Castletown |
Sarah Malley |
| September 28, 2025 | 16:50 | Bottlenose dolphin | 10 | 5 | Normal swimming | 30 |
5 miles east of Maughold Head |
Netty Taggart |
| September 25, 2025 | 16:00 | Common dolphin | 8 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
1 hour off the coast of Douglas. Seen from the ferry. |
Alice |
| September 22, 2025 | 17:30 | Risso’s dolphin | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Marine drive Toll gate |
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| September 22, 2025 | 17:30 | Harbour porpoise | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Marine drive |
Adam Tansley |
| September 21, 2025 | 11:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 4 |
Port cornaa |
Sandie Kelly |
| September 21, 2025 | 14:50 | Risso’s dolphin | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 20 |
Marine drive toll gate |
Martyn Skelly |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | 19:55 | 1 | Tight circling | 15 | Fort Island | David Bellamy & Robert Fisher | |||
| June 12, 2022 | 10:40 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | Peel headlands-breakwater | John Baker, Alastair Sutherland, Jon Corlett, Elli Gawne, Julie Howarth | |||
| 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 |