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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 15, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | West of Calf of Man | Quentin De Backer | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Port Erin bay | Not recorded | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 12:10 | 3 | Tight circling | 20 | 6 miles south Sugar loaf | Kirrie jenkins, Doug Patrick | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 11:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 35 | Douglas head | Ian Wilcock | |||
| June 14, 2022 | 21:30 | 2 | Suspected feeding | 35 | Marine drive Port Soderick end | Kevin Sharpe | |||
| 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 |