Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
September 4, 2025 11:30 Moonlight and Starlight 2 Normal swimming 5

Douglas Outer Harbour

Craig Whalley
September 3, 2025 07:15 Moonlight and Starlight 2 Feeding or foraging 5

Ramsey stone beach to the pier
Heading towards queens pier

Chelsea
August 25, 2025 11:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Peel bay

Not recorded
August 24, 2025 20:40 Risso’s dolphin Normal swimming 20

Near the breakwater off the back of Peel castle

Owen Atkinson
August 24, 2025 16:45 Harbour porpoise 6 0 Normal swimming 5

Perwick bay, Port St Mary

Jan G
August 24, 2025 15:45 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Peel bay

MWDW
August 24, 2025 08:00 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Scarlett

MWDW
August 23, 2025 15:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 Leaping 15

Ramsey Bay by old pier

Pauline Johns
August 23, 2025 15:30 Risso’s dolphin 10 1 Feeding or foraging 5

South east of the Calf

Not recorded
August 23, 2025 12:15 Common dolphin 90 10 Boat interaction (not riding bow) 15

2 miles off Peel

Not recorded
August 23, 2025 19:10 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Scarlett

MWDW
August 22, 2025 18:00 Harbour porpoise 5 4 Feeding or foraging 35

Scarlett Point

MWDW
August 21, 2025 15:45 Risso’s dolphin 12 0 Normal swimming 30

The Calf Sound

Kirsty Carey
August 21, 2025 16:50 Risso’s dolphin 8 0 Feeding or foraging 63

50m off Callow Point and the Ledges.

Jackie Hall and Beverley Sarbutts
August 21, 2025 16:45 Risso’s dolphin 11 0 Tail slapping 45

Breakwater outside St Mary’s Port

Beverley Sarbutts and Jackie Hall

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
April 29, 2022 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 15 Eary Cushlin Nicola