Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
September 7, 2025 14:40 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Maughold head

Barrule
September 7, 2025 17:10 Bottlenose dolphin 20 5 Normal swimming 20

Cow harbour, near the Sound

Calf wardens
September 6, 2025 18:10 Moonlight and Starlight 2 Leaping 5

Langness

Tom and Christa Hannah
September 6, 2025 12:30 Risso’s dolphin 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Gibdale point, north Calf of Man

Calf wardens
September 5, 2025 13:05 Harbour porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 10

South harbour, Calf of Man

Calf wardens
September 4, 2025 07:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 420

Gansey bay to Douglas to Bulgham bay

Shane Stigant, Graham Anthony, Tom Brook
September 4, 2025 11:30 Moonlight and Starlight 2 Normal swimming 5

Douglas Outer Harbour

Craig Whalley
September 4, 2025 17:00 Harbour porpoise 5 0 Feeding or foraging 20

South harbour, Calf of Man

Calf wardens
September 3, 2025 07:15 Moonlight and Starlight 2 Feeding or foraging 5

Ramsey stone beach to the pier
Heading towards queens pier

Chelsea
September 2, 2025 13:30 Risso’s dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 10

Baie Fine, north of the Calf

Calf wardens
September 1, 2025 07:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 10

Culbery, west of the Calf

Calf wardens
August 28, 2025 06:50 Harbour porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 25

South west of the Calf

Calf wardens
August 25, 2025 11:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Peel bay

Not recorded
August 24, 2025 20:40 Risso’s dolphin Normal swimming 20

Near the breakwater off the back of Peel castle

Owen Atkinson
August 24, 2025 16:45 Harbour porpoise 6 0 Normal swimming 5

Perwick bay, Port St Mary

Jan G

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
April 29, 2022 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 15 Eary Cushlin Nicola