Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2022 | 10:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Bow riding | 10 |
Point of Ayre |
Russell Cowell |
| May 1, 2022 | 20:18 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Glen Mooar |
Paul |
| April 30, 2022 | 10:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Ramsey bay |
Keren |
| April 22, 2022 | 19:55 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Off Fenella beach |
Adam Tansley |
| April 21, 2022 | 15:15 | Risso’s Dolphin | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Port Grenaugh |
Dave Griffiths |
| April 19, 2022 | 20:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Niarbyl bay |
Ann and Tony Thick |
| April 18, 2022 | 07:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
Between Ramsey and Dogmills |
Clare Harkin |
| April 15, 2022 | 18:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Swimming parallel to the Promenade heading past Peel Headlands. |
Ruth M Black and Adam Denard |
| April 14, 2022 | 10:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Castletown Bay, Langness side |
Richard Norris |
| April 13, 2022 | 13:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Peel bay- swimming pool side- Moonlight & Starlight. |
Sara Ismail-Sutton |
| April 11, 2022 | 10:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 1 |
By the side of Peel Castle |
Marc Boulton |
| April 10, 2022 | 08:11 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 4 | 1 | Bow riding | 3 |
Bulgham Bay |
John Green |
| April 7, 2022 | 15:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Toll Gate – Marine Drive – Douglas |
Colin Gundry, Phil Dunne |
| April 3, 2022 | 11:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 280 |
Off Port Erin to Peel bay |
Jo Kinley, Alison Cowin, Michael George |
| April 2, 2022 | 18:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Off langness |
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 |