Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| January 2, 2023 | 12:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 40 | 10 | Fast swim or porpoising | 120 |
Marine drive-Scarlett |
Mike Kelly, Katrina Davis, Mai, James |
| January 2, 2023 | 16:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Port Erin |
Kate Hawkins |
| January 1, 2023 | 08:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 30 | 20 | Bow riding | 5 |
3 miles NW of Point of Ayre |
Paul Turton |
| December 28, 2022 | 16:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Port Erin bay |
Ditte Smith |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| May 24, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Swimming | 30 | Port Erin bay | Elizabeth Lawton | |||
| May 14, 2022 | 17:50 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | The Chasms | Alessia | ||
| May 7, 2022 | 14:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 45 | 300m east of the Calf of Man | Caroline & Phil Roriston and David | |||
| May 3, 2022 | 14:45 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Port Erin |