Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 16, 2025 21:40 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Peel bay

Máire Kay
July 14, 2025 16:10 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 30

Ramsey bay

Alistair Sutherland
July 13, 2025 15:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Throwing fish 10

Port e Vullen

Di Swayne
July 12, 2025 15:30 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Not recorded 1

Whitestrand beach

Emily & David Clegg
July 12, 2025 14:00 Common dolphin 30 10 Bow riding 20

Dalby point

Casey J Fishing Charters
July 12, 2025 12:30 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Drinking Dragon

July 11, 2025 09:30 Risso’s dolphin 5 0 Normal swimming 15

Peel

Tom Teggart & Alana Diamond
July 11, 2025 10:00 Bottlenose dolphin 15 5 Bow riding 15

3.5 miles off Peel

Girtz P
July 11, 2025 18:45 Harbour porpoise 1 1 Normal swimming 5

4 miles off Niarbyl

Belinda Leach
July 11, 2025 20:15 Risso’s dolphin 7 2 Normal swimming 30

The Calf-Port St Mary

Ditte
July 10, 2025 10:45 Risso’s dolphin 15 5 Normal swimming 55

1/2 mile off Niarbyl

Jane young
July 10, 2025 18:50 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Boat interaction (not riding bow) 180

Peel breakwater

Caroline McGillion, Jay
July 10, 2025 08:30 Risso’s dolphin 25 5 Normal swimming 15

Dalby

Casey J Fishing Charters
July 9, 2025 10:00 Common dolphin 8 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Halfway between Douglas and heysham

Jack Ashton-Booth
July 9, 2025 10:40 Risso’s dolphin 3 0 Tail slapping 10

2 miles SSE of Calf Sound

Martin Lambden

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 13, 2022 19:55 1 Tight circling 15 Fort Island David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
June 12, 2022 10:40 1 Suspected feeding 120 Peel headlands-breakwater John Baker, Alastair Sutherland, Jon Corlett, Elli Gawne, Julie Howarth
June 11, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 160 Gansey bay Tim, Richard Corlett
June 9, 2022 10:57 1 Suspected feeding 10 Jurby Lizzie Coote
June 7, 2022 18:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Marine drive MWDW
June 6, 2022 16:40 1 Swimming 5 5m off Port Erin Faye Devlin
June 3, 2022 11:05 1 Swimming 1 Half a mile west of Spanish Head Malcolm Stewart
June 2, 2022 15:20 1 Swimming 1 Off Jurby head Malcolm Stewart
May 29, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 East of the Sound MWDW
May 26, 2022 13:40 1 Swimming 15 Peel Castle Eric Holmes, Oliver & Sarah Middleton
May 24, 2022 18:00 1 Swimming 30 Port Erin bay Elizabeth Lawton
May 14, 2022 17:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 The Chasms Alessia
May 7, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 45 300m east of the Calf of Man Caroline & Phil Roriston and David
May 3, 2022 14:45 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin
May 1, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Dalby Richard Marks