Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
December 3, 2024 05:00 Common dolphin 10 0 Feeding or foraging 10

3 miles off Peel

Alex Bullock
December 2, 2024 12:00 Bottlenose dolphin 25 5 Normal swimming 60

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant, Louise & Stephen
November 26, 2024 13:30 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 150

Peel bay

Many
November 22, 2024 10:30 Bottlenose dolphin 10 0 Normal swimming 10

Laxey bay

David Cooper

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 4, 2022 17:05 1 Suspected feeding 10 West of the Calf Stanley Conlon
August 3, 2022 15:30 1 Suspected feeding 10 Edge of Peel bay Chris Duff
August 3, 2022 20:15 1 Suspected feeding 30 Port Erin Dan James
August 3, 2022 15:00 1 Suspected feeding 30 Niarbyl Rosa
July 29, 2022 09:30 1 Swimming 5 3 miles East of Calf of Man STV Leader
July 28, 2022 20:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 1 mile off Peel Casey J
July 27, 2022 13:00 1 Tight circling 10 Gibdale Point Peter Kay
July 18, 2022 19:37 1 Suspected feeding 5 Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound Nina Shimmin
July 16, 2022 18:00 1 Suspected feeding 80 Port Erin undeleeb din, Elasmomann
July 14, 2022 07:30 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles off Contrary head Max Crookall
July 12, 2022 03:00 2 Swimming 120 Port Erin Bay Charles Leclerc
July 11, 2022 10:40 1 1 Suspected feeding 7 1nm SE of South Harbour, Calf of Man David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
July 10, 2022 21:20 1 Suspected feeding 6 Three and a half miles NW of Calf Sound Dermot Shimmin
July 5, 2022 09:00 1 3 Suspected feeding 120 1 km off White Strand & Gob-Y-Deigan Ian Judd
July 5, 2022 15:45 1 Swimming 15 Niarbyl Bay Georgina Franks, Lauren Slater