Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 30, 2025 | 13:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Port Mooar |
Anna Kerruish |
| January 29, 2025 | 10:55 | Bottlenose dolphin | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| January 25, 2025 | 13:40 | Bottlenose dolphin | 27 | 3 | Normal swimming | 35 |
East of Laxey beach |
Shane Stigant, Richard Cooil |
| January 22, 2025 | 15:45 | Bottlenose dolphin | 30 | 10 | Normal swimming | 60 |
Laxey-Garwick bays |
Shane Stigant, Gez Sowrey |
| January 21, 2025 | 14:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Leaping | 5 |
15metres off Peel Promenade |
Sylvia and Tommy Harrison |
| January 21, 2025 | 13:30 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| January 21, 2025 | 15:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 25 | 5 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| January 20, 2025 | 10:30 | Bottlenose dolphin | 5 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
1.5km off Laxey |
Shane Stigant |
| January 20, 2025 | 10:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 120 |
Gansey bay |
Sammi |
| January 17, 2025 | 09:30 | Bottlenose dolphin | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
1km off Laxey |
Shane Stigant |
| January 16, 2025 | 11:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Douglas bay |
Jane Steele |
| January 15, 2025 | 11:45 | Bottlenose dolphin | 80 | 20 | Normal swimming | 60 |
Marine drive |
Pawel G, Dave Horisk |
| January 13, 2025 | 11:35 | Bottlenose dolphin | 9 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Clay head |
Ron Guest |
| January 10, 2025 | 15:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 4 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 20 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| January 9, 2025 | 14:30 | Bottlenose dolphin | 4 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 30 |
Outside Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 9, 2022 | 17:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 3 | Between Jurby and the Cronk | Andrea & Robert | |||
| August 9, 2022 | 18:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Off Orrisdale Head | Andrea & Robert | ||
| August 7, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Ballaghennie, Point of Ayre | Combine | |||
| August 4, 2022 | 11:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf | Stephen Cowley | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 16:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Between Port Erin and the Sound | Phil M | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 21:25 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Port Erin Bay | Andy Karran | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 17:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | West of the Calf | Stanley Conlon | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Edge of Peel bay | Chris Duff | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 20:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Erin | Dan James | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Niarbyl | Rosa | |||
| July 29, 2022 | 09:30 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 3 miles East of Calf of Man | STV Leader | |||
| July 28, 2022 | 20:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 1 mile off Peel | Casey J | ||
| July 27, 2022 | 13:00 | 1 | Tight circling | 10 | Gibdale Point | Peter Kay | |||
| July 18, 2022 | 19:37 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Nina Shimmin | |||
| July 16, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 80 | Port Erin | undeleeb din, Elasmomann |