Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
February 2, 2025 13:20 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Fisher hill, Castletown

Cheryl M.
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

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 27, 2023 12:30 1 Breaching 1 12 miles west chicken rock Fourwinns
May 27, 2023 16:25 1 Breaching 1 South of sound 4 miles Fourwinns
May 27, 2023 06:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 6 miles off Ballaugh Max Crookall
May 19, 2023 10:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Rue Point Casey J Fishing Charter
May 13, 2023 18:15 1 Suspected feeding 5 Perwick bay Jacky Hall
May 11, 2023 16:45 1 1 Swimming 1 Contrary Head Paul Barlow
May 10, 2023 20:45 1 Tight circling 20 Behind peel castle Iva
May 9, 2023 12:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 15 miles East of Point of Ayre Chris Hill
May 8, 2023 18:45 3 3 Suspected feeding 10 White beach niarbyl Matt Tyrer
May 8, 2023 20:20 1 1 Swimming 10 Peel breakwater Will holden
May 7, 2023 12:00 1 Swimming 10 Point of Ayre Liz Charter
May 6, 2023 11:10 1 Swimming 5 Port Erin bay Kathleen
August 28, 2022 10:00 3 Suspected feeding 360 Peel bay Peter Bradley, Nia Clague and many others
August 25, 2022 11:00 0 1 Tight circling 300 Niarbyl Keira & Owen, Stewart Ward
August 24, 2022 08:30 1 Suspected feeding 240 Peel Breakwater John Hills, Max Crookall