Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 26, 2022 | 15:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Marine drive |
Pawel Garczynski |
| July 25, 2022 | 11:50 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Douglas bay |
Greg |
| July 22, 2022 | 12:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Ramsey bay |
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| July 21, 2022 | 06:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Port Erin |
R Mann |
| July 19, 2022 | 09:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 720 |
Using Peel bay all day |
Ruth, Mary, John Black, Peter Butler, Holroyd Family and more |
| July 18, 2022 | 10:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
6 miles south of Port St Mary |
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| July 17, 2022 | 11:20 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
9 miles NW of the Calf |
Nina Shimmin |
| July 17, 2022 | 08:27 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Approx 7km SW of Mull of Galloway |
David Bellamy & Robert Fisher |
| July 17, 2022 | 08:36 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
West of Mull of Galloway |
David Bellamy & Robert Fisher |
| July 13, 2022 | 16:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 2 | 2 | Normal swimming | 5 |
10 miles south of Calf of Man |
Dee Orme |
| July 13, 2022 | 18:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Bow riding | 10 |
Off Peel hills |
Not recorded |
| July 11, 2022 | 12:24 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
South of PSM ledges |
Fourwinns |
| July 11, 2022 | 11:30 | Minke Whale | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
3 miles south-west Chicken rock |
Four winns |
| July 11, 2022 | 14:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 4 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 3 |
3 miles South of Spanish head |
Four winns |
| July 10, 2022 | 21:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 10 |
Behind Peel Castle |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2025 | 14:50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Laxey bay (off Fairy Glen filling station) | David Thornley | |
| May 12, 2025 | 14:05 | 1 | 1 | 15 | Sugarloaf | Port St Mary Calf of Man Boat | |||
| May 10, 2025 | 18:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | 1 mile off Niarbyl | Glenda | ||
| May 5, 2025 | 07:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Groudle | Anon | |||
| May 1, 2025 | 05:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | 1/2 mile off Dalby | Mark Cain | ||
| April 29, 2025 | 18:15 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Langness | Neil Garlick | ||
| April 29, 2025 | 19:00 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 20 | Spanish Head | Stephen Arnold | ||
| August 3, 2024 | 15:00 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Point of Ayre | Anon | |||
| August 1, 2024 | 14:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 6 miles off Ramsey | Orry Corlett | |||
| May 31, 2024 | 14:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Peel Castle | Keith H | |||
| May 22, 2024 | 12:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 3 kms off Scarlett | Tom | ||
| May 21, 2024 | 14:10 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Peel | |||
| May 20, 2024 | 18:20 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 80 | Laxey bay | Shane Stigant, Peta Rooney | ||
| May 18, 2024 | 14:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Marine drive, Toll gate | Andy Garrett | |||
| May 15, 2024 | 20:20 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 1/4 mile off Niarbyl | Adam |