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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 29, 2026 | 15:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | South side of Calf about 600m offshore | Jan Gledhill | ||
| July 28, 2026 | 07:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 160 | Below Bradda Head. Port Erin | Andy Craine, Andy Karran, Christine Price | ||
| July 28, 2026 | 11:15 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | 5 miles off Whitestrand | Vanquish | ||
| July 27, 2026 | 13:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 240 | Off Bradda Head | Anne Connell, Abigail | ||
| July 27, 2026 | 18:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Behind Peel Castle | Paul Marriott | ||
| July 19, 2026 | 09:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 1 | Bradda head | Iain quine | ||
| July 16, 2026 | 11:00 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | South of Perwick bay | Irene Thomasson | ||
| July 9, 2026 | 18:30 | 2 | 2 | 20 | Whitestrand, north of Peel | Harry | |||
| July 9, 2026 | 16:30 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | Parellel swimming | 180 | 1km off Glen Mooar | FHA photography, Harry Gell |
| July 9, 2026 | 17:00 | 5 | 5 | Swimming | 90 | Between Kirk Michael & Orrisdale | Ian & Dylan Judd | ||
| July 9, 2026 | 19:05 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Peel promenade (Bowling green end) | Bill Whittaker | ||
| July 8, 2026 | 18:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | 50 mts off shore, 500 mts south of Peel Castle | Jan Ozyer | ||
| July 8, 2026 | 15:15 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Peel castle | Andrew Butterworth | ||
| July 8, 2026 | 13:00 | 3 | 1 | 4 | Suspected feeding | 4 | 6 miles south of Chicken rocks | Clive Rodgers | |
| July 8, 2026 | 18:30 | 10 | 10 | Suspected feeding | 90 | Between Glen Mooar & Kirk Michael | Ian Judd |