Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2, 2025 | 09:15 | Bottlenose dolphin | 6 | 3 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| November 2, 2025 | 10:30 | Bottlenose dolphin | 16 | 4 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Laxey Bay, 2km off shore |
Shane Stigant |
| November 2, 2025 | 14:15 | Bottlenose dolphin | 3 | 0 | Aggression | 5 |
Laxey bay, 1km out from beach |
Shane Stigant |
| October 28, 2025 | 08:45 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Peel breakwater |
Mike |
| October 24, 2025 | 16:15 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Laxey bay |
Karen Corkill |
| October 22, 2025 | 11:00 | Fin whale | 2 | 0 | Blowing | 5 |
Sighted off Port Cornaa beach. |
Ali Robertson |
| October 22, 2025 | 08:30 | Bottlenose dolphin | 13 | 2 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| October 17, 2025 | 09:23 | Risso’s dolphin | 6 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Off the east coast of the Calf of Man, near the Lighthouses |
Sean Corlett |
| October 16, 2025 | 14:35 | Harbour porpoise | 4 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Perwick Bay, Port St Mary |
Peter Quirk |
| October 16, 2025 | 13:00 | Harbour porpoise | 3 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Carrick Bay, various sites |
Martin Lambden | |
| October 15, 2025 | 10:30 | Minke whale | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Laxey Bay |
Shane Stigant | |
| October 14, 2025 | 15:51 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Peel Breakwater |
Ron Guest |
| October 14, 2025 | 08:00 | Minke whale | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant | |
| October 13, 2025 | 18:20 | Bottlenose dolphin | 6 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Middle of Laxey bay |
MWDW |
| October 12, 2025 | 13:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 12 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 15 |
Maughold Head |
Ian |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| August 21, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | Port Erin | Debbie McGregor | |||
| August 20, 2022 | 11:00 | 1 | Parellel swimming | 10 | Peel Castle | Jonathan Reilly | |||
| August 15, 2022 | 18:35 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Back of the Calf | Joshua and Jake, Paul, Tanya and others on Shona boat | |||
| August 14, 2022 | 13:50 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | West of the Sound | MWDW |