Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 26, 2026 | 16:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Point of Ayre, Ballaghennie |
Milky |
| April 25, 2026 | 08:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Port St Mary Harbour |
Sophie Costain, Manuela Swiatek |
| April 25, 2026 | 17:30 | Risso’s dolphin | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Langness |
Sarah Lockyer |
| April 25, 2026 | 18:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Douglas bay, behind the tower of refuge |
Manuela |
| April 25, 2026 | 16:00 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | Normal swimming | 3 |
Laxey Bay MNR, NE of Baldrine |
David Bellamy | |
| April 25, 2026 | 18:24 | Harbour porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Laxey bay, 1km off Ballacanell |
David Bellamy |
| April 25, 2026 | 18:45 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Laxey bay, 1.5km off Laxey beach |
David Bellamy |
| April 24, 2026 | 18:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Port Erin |
Manuela |
| April 23, 2026 | 19:40 | Bottlenose dolphin | 6 | 0 | Normal swimming | 4 |
Peel castle. |
Laura Cain and Ryan Neild |
| April 23, 2026 | 10:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 5 | 0 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 10 |
Port Soderick |
Irish Tom |
| April 21, 2026 | 18:00 | Common dolphin | 10 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Marine drive |
Manuela Swiatek |
| April 20, 2026 | 06:20 | Risso’s dolphin | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Douglas head |
Manuela Swiatek |
| April 20, 2026 | 16:50 | Common dolphin | 9 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Off Douglas harbour |
Manuela Swiatek |
| April 20, 2026 | 07:25 | Risso’s dolphin | 5 | 0 | Not recorded | 40 |
Marine Drive |
Manuela Swiatek |
| April 19, 2026 | 12:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 4 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
(Moonlight and Starlight, in close proxity to two other dolphins)- Marine drive (just past road closure) |
Bill Henderson |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 16, 2026 | 12:50 | 1 | 1 | Tight circling | 15 | Approx 0.5 mile South of Fenella Beach | Not recorded | ||
| August 16, 2026 | 19:15 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Just off Peel breakwater | Harriet Benjamin | ||
| August 15, 2026 | 11:30 | 2 | 2 | Suspected feeding | 50 | Off Peel headland | Richard, Janice and Mel Cooil | ||
| August 11, 2026 | 10:30 | 1 | 1 | Breaching | 35 | 100m off Peel Hill | Ava & Ian Judd, Jo Stainthorop | ||
| August 9, 2026 | 15:35 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Port Erin bay (adjacent to lifeboat station) | Gordon Crowe | ||
| August 9, 2026 | 13:55 | 1 | 1 | Breaching | 5 | South Harbour, Calf of Man | Sam Bowers | ||
| August 9, 2026 | 10:50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 8 | Peel hill | Jo Stainthorp | |
| August 8, 2026 | 12:55 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 25 | Just south of Peel Castle | Jan Ozyer | ||
| August 7, 2026 | 16:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Just off breakwater in Port Erin. | Siobhan Meredith | ||
| August 6, 2026 | 11:40 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Off Port Erin breakwater | Siobhan Meredith | ||
| August 6, 2026 | 16:00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Suspected feeding | 500 | Port Erin | Jo Lewy, Aquabike IOM, Geoff Clarker & others | |
| August 6, 2026 | 18:00 | 3 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Off Fleshwick | Matthew Ripley | ||
| August 5, 2026 | 15:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | East of the Sound | Marcus Perrin | ||
| August 2, 2026 | 15:29 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Port St Mary harbour | Thomas boat trips isle of man | ||
| August 2, 2026 | 10:45 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 1km offshore from Cronk ny Arrey Laa | John Barker |