Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 28, 2023 | 13:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 45 |
Peel bay- within 5 metres of the shore |
Jorden Hurst |
| January 28, 2023 | 15:26 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Port Mooar |
Elly-Jane Crellin |
| January 27, 2023 | 08:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 30 | 0 | Normal swimming | 240 |
Peel-Smeale |
Charlotte lee, Andrew Adam and others |
| January 27, 2023 | 11:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 50 | 10 | Leaping | 210 |
Between Laxey-Dhoon-Maughold and back |
Adam, John B, Paul Q, Shane S, |
| January 26, 2023 | 12:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 28 | 2 | Leaping | 140 |
Laxey and Garwick |
Shane Stigant, Barbara Jepson, Alice Quayle |
| January 18, 2023 | 12:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 6 | 0 | Leaping | 15 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| January 18, 2023 | 08:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 30 | 0 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 10 |
Port Mooar to Maughold |
Danny Kermeen |
| January 15, 2023 | 15:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Peel breakwater |
Not recorded |
| January 14, 2023 | 13:00 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 7 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 45 |
Outside Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| January 14, 2023 | 15:15 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Bow riding | 5 |
Peel bay |
Jo Callister |
| January 9, 2023 | 12:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
2 km SE of Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| January 8, 2023 | 11:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 7 | 0 | Leaping | 30 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| January 7, 2023 | 08:55 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 0 | 15 | Feeding or foraging | 35 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| January 5, 2023 | 11:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 30 | 20 | Normal swimming | 20 |
Marine drive |
Darren Lillie |
| January 3, 2023 | 12:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 30 | 0 | Bow riding | 30 |
Scarlett point |
Richard Wild |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2023 | 20:20 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Peel breakwater | Will holden | ||
| May 7, 2023 | 12:00 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Point of Ayre | Liz Charter | |||
| May 6, 2023 | 11:10 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Port Erin bay | Kathleen | |||
| August 28, 2022 | 10:00 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 360 | Peel bay | Peter Bradley, Nia Clague and many others | |||
| August 25, 2022 | 11:00 | 0 | 1 | Tight circling | 300 | Niarbyl | Keira & Owen, Stewart Ward | ||
| August 24, 2022 | 08:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 240 | Peel Breakwater | John Hills, Max Crookall | |||
| August 21, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | Port Erin | Debbie McGregor | |||
| August 20, 2022 | 11:00 | 1 | Parellel swimming | 10 | Peel Castle | Jonathan Reilly | |||
| August 15, 2022 | 18:35 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Back of the Calf | Joshua and Jake, Paul, Tanya and others on Shona boat | |||
| August 14, 2022 | 13:50 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | West of the Sound | MWDW | |||
| August 13, 2022 | 19:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Langness | Laura Elizabeth | |||
| August 11, 2022 | 19:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Warts Bank, Calf of Man | Gemini | |||
| August 10, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Orrisdale head | Katie Robertson | |||
| August 10, 2022 | 19:40 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Port Erin-Sound | John Rimmer | |||
| August 9, 2022 | 17:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 3 | Between Jurby and the Cronk | Andrea & Robert |